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Campaigners have often been working in the area for decades, often much longer than police teams. They often draw on professional expertise that they share widely.
Cycling campaigners recognise that the best way to achieve behaviour change for most road crime offenders is in early intervention and direct education. Action against individual offenders is one way to achieve this ...
The biggest concerns were that actions were so variable for seemingly identical driver behaviours. This really does undermine the trust that local citizens have in forces.
Many forces do feedback on action taken by the police to those reporting road crime. But it isn’t universal. And the quality of feedback does vary.
This was the issue campaigners became most animated about.
Cycling campaigners don’t understand why the reporting portal can’t be standardised.
Campaigners recognise that many forces want to do better, but are often constrained by resources. More officers, better skills and better use of automation are vital. They are keen to see police action linked to city or town plans for road harm reduction.
My presentation focused on emphasising the value of civic engagement as a keyway to achieve reductions in road harm and represented the perspective of cyclists who are campaigning to reduce road harm. I emphasised the value of working with cycling campaigners.