Commissioner Simon Foster said the government has pledged £1m to help make streets safer.
Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster said the money was secured through the Home Office's Safer Streets project.
It will be used to hire six staff members to view dash-cam footage sent in by the public and to buy three speed camera vans.Since 2013, Mr Foster said road collisions and casualties had started to rise, with 1,051 people seriously injured in road traffic collisions in the past year, including 55 fatalities.
The money would also be used to boost the community speed watch scheme in which volunteers help monitor speeds where they live. The money would also to be used to target violence against women and girls and would fund new education projects plus two city centre intervention officers to tackle anti-social behaviour and crime on the streets.
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