A brand-new roads policing team has hit the streets and highways of Northamptonshire to disrupt criminals and make the county safer.
The Northamptonshire Police Road Crime Team will be made up of 18 officers who will be focused on denying criminals the use of the roads – disrupting county lines, targeting organised crime groups, responding to Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) hits and executing planned, proactive operations.
The team will work alongside the Force’s Safer Roads Team and the Northamptonshire Safer Roads Alliance to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on Northamptonshire’s roads by clamping down on the ‘fatal four’ – speed, seatbelts, drink or drug driving or using a mobile behind the wheel.
Detective Inspector Louise Hemingway heads the new team. She said: “The message to organised crime groups and criminals who use the roads to carry out their activities is simple – we are coming for you and we will be relentless in our task of bringing you to justice.”
Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold said: “Northamptonshire is at the heart of the country’s strategic roads network and making sure that people can travel safely in and through our county is a key priority.
“This new team that will work to deliver our commitment to improving safety, whilst targeting people who drive anti-socially or use our roads while committing crime.”
