VISOR is a huge data set that is fed each and every interaction with RSO's. 

What you think is unimportant is the very opposite to the system. 

Ie. Car reg, on its own not worthy information. Now take the data of all area RSO and overlay the ANPR hits. Now you can  see the regular trips and hangout  

So now overlay the big data of all travellers and you see resorts and hotel's.

Basically the notification system saves intelligence officers time and effort doing this the hard way. Now you know why the police fail to solve most crime. Burglars and drug offenders dont need to notify anything. 

Also 99% of police work is by a policy or process, there is seldom freedom of authority or decision making. They like to think they do, but they are just foot soldiers with better pay and pensions. 

Yes, well, obviously foreign border control staff didn't get the memo and update from the College of Policing.... As discouraging as things are over here, they could still be worse. As for the discreet check, it even mentions objects the subject of the alert is carrying. What - a cheese sandwich? A cup of coffee? A passport? What if they quickly pass the sandwich to someone else to try to avoid detection? Where does this petty invasiveness end?

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"Elsewhere in that same document, it is stated that all SOR people notifying foreign travel are to have an alert on them for a discreet check." Ben I know, but the bits I quoted: e.g.  "there is a clear indication that a person intends to commit or is committing a serious criminal offence" or "they assess a person, in particular regarding their past criminal offences, and believe that the person will commit serious criminal offences in the future.". These are the EU rules they are supposed to be following, I think they are misusing their powers by automatically using these alerts, it's not just a case that the UK authorities can use EU systems without following EU regulations: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/GA/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32007D0533
I guess it would have to be tested in court in order for them to change their ways.

Sorry about that Zack, yes I see your point.

Sadly the UK has long broken EU law in certain matters without a care in the world and without the EU taking any action on it.

For example, a non-EU spouse of an EU citizen who has a valid visa in their EU country of residence has the right to freedom of movement everywhere in the EU, i.e. they can travel to all other EU countries (Schengen and non-Schengen) with no further paperwork, landing card, etc. required. I have a French friend who lives in France with his Peruvian wife and when they visit the UK, she needs a UK visa, in direct opposition to EU law, whereby she should enjoy freedom of movement as a spouse of an EU citizen legally residing in the EU. Last time, following the Home Office visa guidelines, she got all her documents translated into Welsh (as the choice is English or Welsh), just to annoy the Border Force who couldn't care less about the law.

And whatever you do don't travel without notifying, you will find there is a "marker" on your passport that shows up when you come back into UK