Emergency Services
Firm But Fair
The RPU also made 27 arrests as it faced its busiest time of the year
The island’s Roads Policing Unit issued 282 endorsable fixed penalty notices during this year’s TT.
Throughout the period, the RPU also made 27 arrests as it faced its busiest time of the year.
With the island’s roads facing an influx of visitors, the unit takes what it says is a ‘firm but fair approach’.
The approach saw:
• 282 Endorsable Fixed Penalty Notice’s being issued
• 14 Fixed Penalty Notice’s
• 15 Prosecution Files
• 7 Cautions
• 47 Drugwipes administered
• 17 Positive Drugwipes
• 55 Road Side Breath Tests administered
• 6 Positive Road Side Breath Tests
• 27 Arrests
In addition, many officers working within the unit during TT have undergone enhanced first aid training, focused on dealing with traumatic injuries as a result of Road Traffic Collision’s (RTC’S). This has ensured any casualty is given the best possible care prior to colleagues from Isle Of Man Ambulance Service arriving on scene. Such training was used over nine times during the period.
Sergeant Michael Taylor from the Roads Policing Unit, said “TT, for the Roads Policing Unit and Road Safety Isle of Man, is very much a partnership approach with our colleagues from the Isle of Man Department of Infrastructure, ESJCR IOM – Emergency Services Joint Control Room, Manx Care Isle Of Man Ambulance Service, Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service, Great North Air Ambulance Service and the Neighbourhood Policing Teams of the Isle of Man Constabulary, all of whom we enjoy a close working relationship with for all things TT.
‘It is thanks to this collective partnership approach we are pleased this is the second consecutive year where there has been no fatal RTC’s on open roads during TT. In addition, we have also seen a reduction in serious injury RTC’s by four and one reduction in slight injury RTC’s compared with TT 2022.
‘On behalf of the Constabulary, I’d like thank the staff from partner agencies and from across the constabulary for their commitment and dedication over the fortnight (including their families), all of whom worked significantly long hours during TT. It is thanks to the collective efforts of all staff and the vast majority of the public these reductions have been made possible.’
