Cervicek to be named head of traffic police

Martin Cervicek has been chief of the Czech Republic's traffic police. His predecessor, Zdenek Bambas, had headed the country's traffic police for 14 years before being fired last month. Mr Cervicek is reported to have been the only officer to apply for the job. He told reporters on Monday that he wanted to transfer some powers to regional police branches and said occasional national operations aimed at driving offences would be replaced by smaller operations focused on black spots.