Essex police officers fear that lack of traffic cops means more...

FEARS have been raised by Essex Police officers that a lack of traffic cops is contributing to an alarming number of people being killed or seriously injured on the county's roads.It was revealed recently that seven people died on the county's roads in the space of 13 days – and 49 people over the past 12 months. In the Police and Crime Commissioner's February 2016 data, the number of collisions in the county had increased year on year (19.5%).The number of fatalities also rose (19.5%), as...