Local policing team benefits from new speed camera technology

During the past three years 22 people have been killed on the roads in Worcestershire in collisions where speed has been listed as a contributory factor. A further 138 people have suffered serious injuries.

Speeding, as well as inappropriate speed, can have a devastating impact on the safety of road users, increasing the risk of a collision and the severity of the consequences. 

Speed enforcement is already undertaken 24/7 throughout the year to help reduce speeds, improve safety and reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured, with local policing teams supporting this with additional enforcement to address community concerns.

Following funding by the Police & Crime Commissioner and to support the Commissioner’s Safer Communities Plan, policing teams across Worcestershire will now have the latest technology available at their fingertips.

TruCamII enforcement cameras are being introduced to local policing teams to give a further capability for enforcement in areas that are causing the most community concern. 

TruCamII cameras can be used as either handheld devices by officers or on a Tripod, allowing a greater deal of flexibility on sites where they can be used.

The equipment has the ability to capture and process offences much quicker than older devices and produces higher quality, clearer pictures of offending vehicles and therefore ensures a more efficient use of officers’ time and a more effective court process.

Redditch and Bromsgrove Safer Neighbourhood Inspector Richard Field said: “It’s great that we can introduce these new cameras across Redditch and Bromsgrove, and they will play an important part in ensuring that all our local policing teams across the whole of Worcestershire have the latest technology available in order to tackle speeding.

“There are many families that unfortunately know far too well the devastating consequences that speeding and collisions can lead to.

“Reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads is our priority and reducing the speed that people travel is a key part of this.

“These cameras use the latest technology and will allow us to address speeding in areas of greatest concern, so we welcome their introduction.”

Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion says: “It’s a sad fact that too many people are being killed or seriously injured on our roads, that’s why there is a focus on reducing the harm caused at the heart of my Safer Communities Plan.

“I speak regularly to residents in Worcestershire who are rightly concerned about speeding and anti-social driving in their community.

“That’s why I have funded the latest camera equipment to support the local policing team improve road safety by carrying out effective and efficient enforcement activity.”

* Yesterday, officers from our Safer Neighbourhood Teams visited two sites in Bromsgrove - We went to two locations for around an hour and caught 20 motorists exceeding the limit of 30mph.

There were three speeding at Stourbridge Road near The Swan Inn at Fairfield and 17 on Woodrow Lane in Catshill, including three who were clocked at 43, 44 and 50mph. All motorists will be dealt with via a Notice of Intended Prosecution in due course, depending on the speed clocked.