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Question 2 - we asked:

We are joining the Action Vision Zero alliance in calling for Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) candidates to commit to:
1) Make road danger reduction a priority
2) Tackle speeding—the greatest threat
3) Be transparent and accountable
4) Work with your community
5) Improve the post-crash response.
What action will you take to tackle road danger?

Relevant links (each opens in a new window):

Action Vision Zero alliance website

We asked this question:

1 of the candidates responded as below.

Those candidate(s) which were elected are highlighted.

Anne-Marie CURRY
(Liberal Democrat)

1. I would encourage councils to implement more 20mph areas to make areas safer. Look at the studies to see why accidents have happened and where and see what could be done to reduce risk, this will need to be done alongside Council initiatives.
2. I would like to invest in cameras to catch speeding and people going through red lights. Also encourage communities to speed watch in areas they have concerns and feed back results to the police. This will help the police target their responses to where the public have concerns on speeding.
3. Regular updates on what we are doing to be posted on Social media and into council publications. Also an annual report to be produced. I would also like to spend some time going out into communities to see what they feel is their priority and then feeding back to them what we can do about their concerns.
4. I have answered above a few ways of working with communities. They are the eyes and ears we need to engage with and help us stop the crimes that cause them so many problems. The police are currently making a good attempt to engage with people in areas where burglaries happen. This type of initiative needs to continue.
5. I would Lobby for more money to get police numbers up, get more money for equipment to help the police work better. There needs to be better response to victims of crashes if they survive and support and good feedback to
victims and family. There must be a quicker way of getting cases through the courts if fault for the accident is found. There should also be a family liaison officer for the police working with family's who have been through the crash and need support through the court case too.

Road danger needs intel and then action to deal with the problem areas. hence the need to engage with communities across the force area.

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