Wont be long now before more people get stabbed to death than die in RTA's at this rate!
268 homicides last year involving sharp weapons, compared to over 1,793 deaths in RTCs. The figures aren't even close.
And yet I would bet good money that there are
far more officers manning speed cameras/looking for untaxed drivers/etc than there are trying to tackle gang (and other ) violence!
It isn't about resources, It is about priorities!
The same officers dealing with speeding offences and untaxed drivers are the same ones dealing with fatal RTCs, stolen vehicles, drunk drivers and any other crime that involves the use of the roads (i.e. quite a lot).
It's also quite well-known that, like most specialist departments, roads policing numbers have been cut over the year to save money. It's entirely about resources, because without adequate resources to even cover the base level of demand, there's certainly not going to be the numbers to dedicate to a particular issue without taking them away from another necessary function elsewhere.
It's genuinely baffling that people can see a drop in the number of police officers with their own eyes yet still find something else to blame.
