Make roads policing a priority to cut fatalities, says parliamentary report

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Make roads policing a priority to cut fatalities, says parliamentary report

A report by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) has called on the Government to make roads policing "a national priority". But the Federation says roads policing is now 'virtually invisible'.

Date - 4th June 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

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The PACTS study suggests there is a link between the failure to cut casualties from traffic accidents and the decline in roads traffic officers. While the total number of police officers has fallen by around 13 per cent since 2010, there was a 22...

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