Experts have urged the UK Government to roll out more police officers to monitor traffic on roads and help improve safety for pedestrians. The AA has called on the new Labour Government to add 1,000 new police officers to target road crimes as part of its recent manifesto which called on the Home Office to tackle neighbourhood crime. The latest stats found that across England and Wales, there were only 4,215 traffic officers, considerably less than the highest point recorded in March 2016 (5,237). Jack Cousens, head of roads policy for the AA, said: “Be it driving offences or wider crime, publ…