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TISPOL video on road safety

This new video from Pan-European police body TISPOL details the effects of a series of tragic road crashes in the UK. TISPOL’s UK council member Suzette Davenport gives a personal account of her experience as attending officer at recent road crashes in the UK.
February 11, 2014 Read time: 1 min
This new video from Pan-European police body 4753 TISPOL details the effects of a series of tragic road crashes in the UK. TISPOL’s UK council member Suzette Davenport gives a personal account of her experience as attending officer at recent road crashes in the UK.

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