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Stop and Account in Cambridge
I believe the “stop and account” form used by the police isn’t working and in my view is damaging to the relationship between the public and the police. The way the form is used affects the nature of an encounter between the police and a member of the public. I attended a local community meeting, […]
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Setting Local Police Priorities
To: City Councillors Downham, Levy and Armstrong and relevant council officers, I have tonight attended a “anti-social behavior meeting for the Arbury”, at which I was able to ask the Police, who were represented by PCSO Rob Streater where the Police priorities for the North Area were set, where the Neighbourhood Panel Meeting for the […]
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Local Police Priorities in North Cambridge
Alastair Roberts (Cambridge City Council Officer), I am writing to you as you are given as the contact for the “North Area Neighbourhood Policing” agenda item for the North Area Committee meeting held on the 20th of January. At that meeting I witnessed the councillors voting unanimously to support, unamended, the recommendations for police priorities […]
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Threatened Deportation of Watford footballer Al Bangura
David Howarth, I would like to draw your attention to the situation of Watford footballer Al Bangura who is facing deportation to Sierra Leone and add my voice to those calling for the Home Office to reverse its decision to deport him. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/watford/7111120.stm Al Bangura has built up his life in the UK establishing great […]
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DVLA Trial of Smart Card Provisional Driving Licences
A consultation on a DVLA Trial of Smart Card Provisional Driving Licences was run with with a closing date of 11/01/2008. I responded to the consultation, answering all their questions with the below: Question 1: Do you understand and agree with the trial approach? No. ” Drivers will still control access to the data on […]
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Oakington IMB Application
I applied to become a member of the Independent Monitoring Board at Oakington Immigration Centre on the 2nd of December 2007. The two primary questions on the application form asked why I wanted to be a member of the IMB and what skills and abilities I had to offer, my responses to these questions, which […]
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Government Advertising
Andy Harper, (BBC Radio Cambridge Presenter) On the subject of Advertising one thing that really annoys me is Government adverts nannying us: Don’t smoke, Drink responsibly, Cook sausages properly, Close gates when walking in the countryside Get your tax return in by the deadline Don’t walk under ladders Wear a seatbelt The Government spent £339 […]
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Inquiring about the Oakington IMB
Dear Penny Lambert (IMB Chair, Oakington IMB), Having recently written to the IMB secretariat I understand that you currently have a vacancy on Oakington’s IMB. Could you please let me know if you are currently actively trying to fill this vacancy. The IMB secretariat has written to me saying: “Recruitment is carried out at a […]
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Green Bins
Dear Cambridge City Council’s City Services Helpdesk, I saw 12 broken green recycling bins while walking down Hale Avenue and Harvey Goodwin avenue in Cambridge this morning, I am attaching photographs of most of them. Could you please let me know if you have any plans to replace these bins. I am aware that I […]
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Cambridge CCTV Signage
Martin Beaumont, This afternoon I spotted what looked like one of the City’s RCCTV cameras on a lamppost next to Parker’s Piece with the camera pointing at the entrance to Parkside Pools / the Kelsey Kerridge Sports centre and Car Park. There was no sign on the lamp post the camera was attached to and […]