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Heroin Users in Cambridge Hostels Issued Injectable Antidote Kits
Users of opiates (eg. heroin) living in Cambridge’s homeless hostels have been provided with naloxone injection kits, and have been trained to use them. Naloxone is a drug which counters the effects of opiates. The scheme aims to reduce the number of deaths from opiate overdoses. The papers for the 29 October 2013 Cambridge Community […]
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Police Collaboration on Statements Provided to Duggan Inquest
An inquest is currently underway in relation to the death of Mark Duggan who was shot and killed by police in London on the 4th of August 2011. The police evidence raises questions about how officers prepare statements for inquests, court appearances, and investigations by others such as the Independent Police Complaints Commission. The inquest […]
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Police At Duggan Inquest Say Law Prevented Them Writing Things Down
Inquests ought be open, public, processes for learning about how and why someone died so we can try and prevent something similar happening again. One thing which has struck me from the currently ongoing inquest into the death of Mark Duggan, who was shot by the police in London on the 4th of August 2011, […]
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Not All Armed Police Officers in the UK Carry TASER as Alternative
TASER armed officer in the UK An inquest is currently underway in relation to the death of Mark Duggan who was shot and killed by police in London on the 4th of August 2011. The transcript of the inquest hearing on the 8th of October 2013 revealed how the Met Police’s elite firearms units use, […]
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Cllr Tim Ward on Cambridge City Centre Cycling Ban
A member of the public addressed Cambridge City Council’s environment scrutiny committee on the 8th of October 2013 and called for a complete ban on cycles in central Cambridge. He requested a ban on riding, and even parking, bikes in the city centre; justifying this on the grounds of the impact cyclists have on disabled […]
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Cllr Mike Pitt Goes Rogue Restricting Filming at Cambridge North Area Committee
I thought filming at Cambridge City Council meetings, while far from encouraged, had become generally accepted and routine however my attempts to film the North Area Committee on the 3rd of October 2013 resulted in the committee’s chairman Cllr Mike Pitt (Liberal Democrat, West Chesterton) publicly accusing me of “antisocial behaviour” and harassment from his […]
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Responding to Consultation on Police Stop and Search Powers
The Home Office are currently running a consultation on UK Police stop and search powers. I have responded to say: Police Ought Be Clear and Honest About their Powers Following the Home Secretary’s announcement of the launch of the consultation in the House of Commons MP Julian Huppert asked: Does she agree that when the […]
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Cycling on Stourbridge Common with Cllr Martin Curtis
The leader of the County Council, Cllr Martin Curtis, is to speak at the Friends of Stourbridge Common AGM on Friday the 13th of September 2013 on the subject of cycling on the common. I cycle almost daily on the common, it lies between my house and Cambridge city centre, if I’m opting for a […]
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Law Should Protect Student Whistleblowers
During 2013 the UK’s whistle-blower protection laws were modified, but MPs didn’t, as far as I can tell, take the opportunity to extend the provisions to students. I think this was a missed opportunity. The UK Government’s Whistleblowing webpage covering dismissals and whistleblowing states: Workers who aren’t employees can’t claim unfair dismissal because of whistleblowing, […]
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UK Police TASER Use Statistics 2010-11
UK Police TASER use statistics for the calendar years 2010 and 2011 were published by the Home Office on the 10th of September 2013. I have two major concerns with the release: The statistics no longer separate use by firearms and non-firearms officers. This is a major change to UK policing which the statistics ought […]