Richard Taylor

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  • Cambridgeshire Police Blame Sensationalist Media for Prostitution on Histon Road

    Histon Road, Cambridge. On the 22nd of September 2011 Cambridge’s North Area committee discussed prostitution on Histon Road in Cambridge. Sgt. Wragg of Cambridgeshire Police said the problem was small, involving only a handful of girls, but was exaggerated by sensationalist reporting in the local press. He said this reporting was having the effect of […]

  • Liberal Democrats Adopt Policy of Closing Women’s Prisons

    Liberal Democrats Adopt Policy of Closing Women’s Prisons The Liberal Democrats have adopted a policy of closing all women’s prisons. Earlier today I watched a fantastic speech by a Liberal Democrat speaking at their conference saying the proposals were inequitable, and suggesting dropping them, but she overwhelmingly lost a vote on the matter. The Liberal […]

  • More on Cambridgeshire Police Stop and Search from Ely Police Open Day

    Cambridgeshire Police Stop and Search Form I visited Ely police station today during its open day. One reason I went was to try and find out more about the recording of stop and search in a more direct and speedy manner than is possible via Cambridge’s area committees, police authority papers, and freedom of information […]

  • Cambs Police Authority Scrutiny Committee September 2011

    On the 12th of September 2011 I attended a meeting of the scrutiny committee of Cambridgeshire’s Police Authority at Cambridgeshire Police Headquarters in Huntington. I have written separate articles on two aspects of the meeting: Restorative Justice Update – My use of the public speaking slot to ask for more information about the way the […]

  • Update on Cambridgeshire Police Use of Restorative Justice

    On Monday the 12th of September 2011 I attended a meeting of Cambridgeshire Police Authority’s Scrutiny Committee at which I used the public speaking slot to raise some concerns about the police force’s implementation of restorative justice disposals. Restorative justice disposals as used by Cambridgeshire Police involve a PCSO or constable issuing an offender with […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police Not Answering Phone

    Cambridgeshire Police Non-Emergency Call Performance (large) On Monday the 12th of September 2011 Cambridgeshire Police’s Deputy Chief Constable, John Feavyour, described the force’s telephone answering system as “fragile” and said call answering performance had “fallen through the floor” on a number of occasions over the last year. He said the latest statistics showed particularly poor […]

  • Julian Huppert at the Maypole

    Julian Huppert MP at the Maypole Pub On Friday evening Cambridge’s MP Julian Huppert spent a couple of hours in the upstairs room of the Maypole pub fielding questions and talking to people. I think this was absolutely brilliant and it was great to see our MP openly engaging with people at a free, informal, […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police Authority to Consider Tweeting

    At a meeting of Cambridgeshire Police Authority’s Scrutiny Committee to be held on Monday the 12th of September 2011 proposals for the authority to start tweeting are to be considered. A report to the committee titled : Agenda Item 14 – Police Authority Use of Social Media – Twitter has been published in advance of […]

  • Taxi Regulation and Licensing in Cambridge

    Cambridge Taxi Cambridge City Council is currently running a consultation on how it licences taxis and taxi drivers in the city. The council has a webpage on the consultation which includes the new draft policy and guidance as well as a set of questions and proposals for amendments. Responses can be sent in by email […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police Restorative Justice Update

    In advance of a Cambridgeshire Police Authority Scrutiny Committee meeting to be held on the 12th of September a paper on restorative justice, providing an update on its implementation in Cambridgeshire has been published. Key Points Cambridgeshire Police are planing to reduce the number of those taken into its police stations by a quarter through […]