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Asking Cambs County Council Police Scrutiny Committee To Chase Cambs Police for Phone Answering Performance Data
Police and Crime Scrutiny at Cambridgeshire County Council On Thursday the 14th of June 2012 I attended Cambridgeshire County Council’s Police and Crime Scrutiny Committee*. I used the public speaking slot to chase up information on Cambridgeshire Police’s phone answering performance. Cambridgeshire police’s competence at answering the phone in a reasonable period of time dropped […]
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Partisan Bickering on the A14 Prompts Me to Comment
The A14 Near Huntingdon Yesterday the Conservative Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council, Nick Clarke, launched an attack on Cambridge MP Julian Huppert in a blog post titled “Julian Huppert please, please do not foul up our plans for a bigger road” in which he claimed Huppert is: trying to influence department for transport ministers to […]
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Police Priority Setting for South West Peterborough in Orton Goldhay
On the 13th of June 2012 I attended the meeting which set the local policing priorities for the “Peterborough South Team – West Neighbourhood” area. The Police.UK website describes the area as covering the Ortons area of Peterborough including Ferry Meadows Country Park and the East of England Showground. The meeting was not advertised on […]
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Another New Phone Number for Cambridgeshire Police
Cambridgeshire Police Have Launched A New Number for Reporting Drink and Drug Driving. Last week Cambridgeshire Police announced the launch of a new confidential number to report drink driving. My view is that creating yet another phone number to contact the police on is misguided and unhelpful. I attend many public meetings at which policing […]
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The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012
The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012 (Draft) Twitter rumours suggested earlier this week that a draft of the rules for Police and Crime Commissioner elections had been “laid before parliament”. “Laid before parliament” is a counter-intuative and often misleading term which does not mean the document in question has necessarily been, or will […]
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Cambridge Community Safety Partnership – May 2012
On the first of May 2012 I attended a meeting of Cambridge’s Community Safety Partnership, held in the Guildhall. The meeting was rendered almost pointless by the absence of both elected councillors who should have been there, Cambridge City Council’s executive councillor for policing, Tim Bick (Liberal Democrat) and Police Authority representative and the partnership’s […]
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Hanger on Ian Nimmo-Smith and his Casting Vote
Ian Nimmo-Smith as Mayor of Cambridge (Source) Following the elections on the 3rd of May 2012 there are 21 Liberal Democrats on Cambridge City Council and 21 others. The casting vote is held by Ian Nimmo-Smith. Mr Nimmo-Smith did not stand for re-election in May but as he was Mayor last year Section 3 of […]
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Questioning The Executive Councillor for Policing at Cambridge City Council
Cllr Tim Bick, Executive Councillor for Policing, Cambridge City Council. On the 19th of April 2012 I used the public speaking slot at a full meeting of Cambridge City Council to ask the executive councillor for policing, Tim Bick (Liberal Democrat, Market) what he had been doing in that role. I said I thought the […]
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Police Issuing Fixed Penalty Notices for Dog Fouling
On the 19th of April 2012 Cllr George Owers (Labour, Coleridge) asked an oral question about dog poo at a full meeting of Cambridge City Council. Cllr Owers’ question was: “In light of the council’s catastrophically poor record at taking enforcement action against irresponsible dog owners for dog-fouling, are there plans to co-operate with PCSOs […]
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Student Hustings for Cambridge City Council Candidates
Conservative Candidate Andre Beaumont (Newham) Addresses the Student Hustings On the 30th of April 2012 I observed a hustings run by the Cambridge University Students Union for candidates from the Castle, Market, Newnham and Queen Edith’s wards on Cambridge City Council (wards selected for their large Cambridge University student populations). The event had been advertised […]