MORE than 200 police officers in West Yorkshire were caught speeding or jumping red lights last year – but not one of them was punished.
Figures revealed under the Freedom of Information Act showed 209 members of the force were trapped on camera.
But they all escaped a fine and penalty points.
Nationally, less than 1% of officers was punished.
That compares to a figure of 84% of ordinary motorists.
Now Huddersfield road safety charity Brake is calling for a change in policy and approach to officers who break the law.
A spokeswoman said: "We are extremely shocked by the figures. The numbers are massively excessive.
"The circumstances in which police should be breaking the law are so rare.
"By breaking the speed limit or jumping a red light, they are risking causing another emergency incident.
"In the vast majority of cases officers should be treated in exactly the same way as normal drivers.
"We would like to see a change in approach and policy to officers who break the law and the numbers being drastically reduced."
Across the country, from 90,480 offences captured on film, just 354 officers received fines or points on their licenses.
A quarter of the offences involved marked vehicles with blue lights flashing, indicating officers were responding to emergencies.
But the rest were quashed by senior police.
They have the discretion to make tickets disappear if an officer puts forward a good reason for speeding, like chasing a suspect.
Paul Smith, founder of the Safespeed campaign, said: "These figures will add considerably to the public suspicion that it's one rule for them and another for the rest of us."
But a spokesman for the Police Federation, representing rank-and-file officers, said there were circumstances when officers had to break speed limits or go through red lights.
He added: "Can you imagine the public backlash if they were slow getting to a serious incident because they sat in a queue of traffic at lights?
"But at the same time it doesn't give officers carte blanche to be a danger to the public."
