What are the roles and responsibilities of Traffic Officers?
• managing incidents, except where there is a loss of life, injury or potential criminal activity • setting signs and signals and answering emergency roadside telephones • arranging the removal of damaged or broken down/abandoned vehicles in partnership with the police • removing debris and other obstructions from the carriageway The role of a Traffic Officer involves: • managing incidents that do not involve loss of life, injury or potential criminal activity • supporting the police when they are managing incidents, particularly in managing traffic • high visibility patrols to reassure the public • dealing with accident damaged, broken down and abandoned vehicles • providing rolling road closures to hold traffic back to allow removal of debris, installation of temporary traffic management and other purposes • providing temporary road closures • clearing debris, animals and found property from the network • identification of defects and potential improvements to the network • monitorin
