MPs admit police cuts could be causing lower offence reports

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Police driving offences
Police driving offences


MPs have said that a fall in the number of motoring offences being recorded could be due to lower numbers of traffic officers.

The Transport Select Committee has warned that further cuts to police forces could stop even more offences from being detected and recorded. It comes after the number of road policing officers fell from 7,104 to 4,356 between 2005 and 2014 in England and Wales.

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