Cameras Replace Patrols

Daily Mail (January 13, 2004)

Author: Ben Taylor

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THE obsession with speed cameras is leading to a cut in traffic police numbers and a potential increase in road deaths, it is feared.

Figures reveal that the number of officers policing the roads has fallen by nearly a third over ten years. At the same time, after years of steady decline, the casualty rate is threatening to rise.

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Cameras Replace Patrols

Official statistics show that the number of dedicated traffic officers in 2001-02 was jus...

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