British Constable

The police don't get involved if you don't pay your TV license. Your case just goes straight to the courts and you get a fine.

What happens if you don’t go to court and you don’t pay the fine?

They contact your bank, explain the situation, and the bank just takes it out of your savings and income. The police don't deal with that.

What happens if you close your bank account so you don’t have to pay them what did they do then?

Well, you're completely living off the grid at that point, to be honest. It completely ruins your life; your employer can't pay you, you can't really rent from anybody except people you wouldn't want to rent from, you won't be able to get a phone, you won't be able to get anything to do with a credit rating, and if you switch on a TV they'll just detect you again.

News stories have surfaced of people who have tried exactly that and lived off their savings in cash for twenty some years - and eventually, the courts find them, prosecute them all over again, and the fees are much higher because you tried to live above the law the first time around.

It's just TV. Nobody thinks it is worth living that way because you wanted to watch Eastenders.

That's not living off the grid lol But you know if you make it were they can't get the $$$ they will come to use force to get it

No, the police doesn't handle debt collection. I don't know how it is where you are, but in the UK that is handled by court bailiffs.

You make slavery sound terrific

Love the extortion peaceful extortion is the best extortion

It's just TV. You make having to pay for TV sound like slavery.

It's a form of slavery lol people that bow are clueless to slavery.