A COUNCILLOR was placed under investigation after he ‘recorded motorists breaking the law’ and posted the footage on social media. 

The BCP councillor, who the Echo has chosen not to name, was alleged to have broken the code of conduct. 

A report that is being put to the standards committee said the authority received a complaint about the councillor had recorded motorists “that the subject councillor had recorded doing manoeuvres he considered to be unlawful and that he had reported to the police”. 

The complainant claimed because the registration plates and faces had not been pixelated, it was a breach of the code of conduct. 

It included ‘I do not harass any person’ and ‘I do not use, or attempt to use, my position improperly to the advantage or disadvantage of myself or anyone else’. 

An independent investigation was carried out and found “no evidence” that the code had been breached. 

The report, written by Janie Berry, monitoring officer, and Richard Jones, head of democratic services, said: “A copy of the investigator’s draft report was shared with both the complainant and the subject BCP councillor and neither chose to respond to the report. 

“The standards committee is asked to consider the three reports prepared by Mr Goacher at its meeting and the recommendation is to accept the findings of the investigator and/or to make such other findings or determination as it sees fit.”