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Metropolitan Police Plan to Disband Roads Policing Unit, Raising Concerns Over Rider Protection

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Metropolitan Police Plan to Disband Roads Policing Unit, Raising Concerns Over Rider Protection — PHOTO — VISORDOWN / © Visordown↗ View original

Concerns are being raised by policing experts over the Metropolitan Police's (the Met's) plan to disband its specialist roads policing unit. The move is expected to deal a blow to road safety and crime enforcement, with warnings that the burden will fall particularly hard on vulnerable road users such as motorcyclists and pedestrians.

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Junya Ikeuchi

EUROPE & SOCIAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT

60 / European Motorcycle Scene · Social Issues

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Junya IkeuchiEuropean Motorcycle Scene · Social Issues Commentary

Thinking back to when I was in London, that city's traffic ran, in part, because a specialized unit kept it in order. Hearing about disbanding that road policing unit genuinely gives me a chill. Cut the people responsible for safety and crime prevention, and the burden ends up falling on the most vulnerable — riders and pedestrians.