Richard Taylor

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  • Taking Photographs of Anti-Social Behaviour

    I have taken photographs from my front room of dangerous and illegal scooter / mini-moto / motorbike use on the road outside my house. Apparently someone complained about me doing this to the police, and I was interviewed aggressively for more than half an hour, and received two follow up visits from the police. On […]

  • Police Public Consultations in Cambridge

    I wrote the below to Kevin Wilkins (County Councillor and Police Authority member with a specialisation in Cambridge City) and Olive Main, Independent Member of the Police Authority in October 2007. I have not found it easy to find out about appropriate ways to raise my concerns with the police. I looked for community meetings […]

  • Operation Cyclone – Cambridge

    I wrote the below to Kevin Wilkins (County Councillor and Police Authority member with a specialisation in Cambridge City) and Olive Main, Independent Member of the Police Authority in October 2007. I don’t like Cambridge police’s recent operation stopping cyclists in the city centre, I’m in favour for dealing with dangerous illegal cycling, though I […]

  • Congestion Charge Privacy

    I wrote the below to Kevin Wilkins (County Councillor and Police Authority member with a specialisation in Cambridge City) and Olive Main, Independent Member of the Police Authority in October 2007. A congestion charge system for Cambridge is being proposed. The plans released in local papers involve cameras throughout Cambridge, and on vans which will […]

  • Dispersal Zones In Cambridge

    I wrote the below to Kevin Wilkins (County Councillor and Police Authority member with a specialisation in Cambridge City) and Olive Main, Independent Member of the Police Authority in October 2007: In Cambridge dispersal zones are in my view used in areas they shouldn’t be. Do we really need to use new laws to deal […]

  • Speed Awareness Courses

    I wrote the below to Kevin Wilkins (County Councillor and Police Authority member with a specialisation in Cambridge City) and Olive Main, Independent Member of the Police Authority in October 2007. I am aware that Cambridgeshire does not offer speed awareness courses, but they are run elsewhere in the UK (and I, like many residents […]

  • Police Using their Notebooks

    I wrote the below to Kevin Wilkins (County Councillor and Police Authority member with a specialisation in Cambridge City) and Olive Main, Independent Member of the Police Authority in October 2007: While a juror I was disappointed by two officers, both relatively senior had not made notes of important events, which was problematic when they […]

  • Police powers with respect to mini-motos.

    Dear Cllr James and The Council’s Anti Social Behaviour Section, I have been appalled by the Police’s lack of action against people misusing motorbikes etc., riding them dangerously eg. with small kids on the back without helmets, and riding them on footpaths etc. PCSO David Jackson told the inaugural Open Meeting of the Friends of […]

  • Cambridge City CCTV

    Martin Beaumont (Cambridge City CCTV manager), I would like to ask a few questions/comments about Cambridge City Council’s CCTV system. I want to say that I was very impressed by the quality of response which I got from you when I last made some comments on the city’s CCTV. 1. Are the cameras on Elizabeth […]