TISPOL president Ken Ricour discusses policy on video

President of the Pan-European police body Ken Ricour discussed key achievements in the year since he took this post. Road safety is a key issue for TISPOL and the group has placed this as a priority for action. Success has been achieved in areas such as reducing speeding and drink driving, while a new focus has been placed on improving safety for vulnerable road users also.
October 22, 2013 Read time: 1 min
President of the Pan-European police body Ken Ricour discussed key achievements in the year since he took this post. Road safety is a key issue for 4753 TISPOL and the group has placed this as a priority for action. Success has been achieved in areas such as reducing speeding and drink driving, while a new focus has been placed on improving safety for vulnerable road users also.

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