Haven't read all the comments.
I have been retired from Police for 11 years. Even then we were in the proverbial 'up to our buttock in alligators
(If you are up to your buttock in alligators it's difficult to remember your initial objective was to drain the swamp)
As someone said, a ' near miss' wasn't considered then, whereas (certainly locally) close passes now get investigated.
And helmet cam footage is acceptable.
Resources will always be an issue.
Yes ,death messages were pretty traumatic.
I could bore you with Negotiated Justice in a due process Legal Model ((Fixed penalty notices /Driver awareness etc)
Insurance companies have taken on non injury accidents ,the Police simply won't attend.
The roads Policing is virtually non existent . I speak to former colleagues and they don't see where it's going to
end.
Spending valuable resources investigating Crime committed by people who are dead, what's that about?
(Ok it might give some phsycological boost to a victim but is that sufficient justification?)
Rant pretty much over now