Richard Taylor

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  • Crime Mapping – Enabling Police Accountability

    A response to the Conservative’s proposal on Crime Mapping: We think every police force should publish the crimes committed in their area in a map form. It’s an idea that technology makes possible, that’s worked in the United States, and it’s absolutely key to dealing with the crime that blights our communities. David, I support […]

  • Arbury Election Candidates 2008

    Shapour Meftah, conservative candidate for Arbury at the City Council Elections posted a leaflet to my house today, and as he was still on the street by the time I’d read it I went out to ask him some questions. I started with asking why he wants to scrap the “expensive area committee meetings”, he […]

  • CCTV on Jesus Green

    Martin Beaumont (City Council’s CCTV Manager), CC: Independent Punter’s Campaign I have recently had my attention drawn to the cameras in the bowling pavilion on Jesus Green. I am aware there are signs on the building, but believe that the way the cameras are mounted in holes in the wooden wall of the building, behind […]

  • April 2008 North Area Committee Meeting

    I attended the North Area Committee meeting on Thursday the 17th of April in Cambridge. Highlights Sector Inspector Jon Hutchinson assured me after the meeting that he would ask if stop and account records collected in Cambridge could be deleted/destroyed now records of stops and accounts are no-longer made. Councillors removed burglary as a priority […]

  • Questions to Cambridge’s Party Leaders

    Andy Harper, (BBC Radio Cambridgeshire) I heard on your show that you’ll be interviewing the leaders of the main political parties this week so I am writing to you with some of my thoughts on the upcoming election: During these local elections the important issues to me are the proposed expansion of the city and […]

  • Cambridge Magistrates’ Court

    I spent a day watching the Cambridge Magistrates Courts in action today. Of the defendants I saw there were two eastern Europeans, one person from 222 Victoria Road, one from Jimmy’s night shelter, an elderly British man, and four young apparently local men in their teens/early twenties. I saw eight defendants, all were male. I […]

  • Public Meeting on Policing in Cambridge

    I attended a public meeting with members of Cambridge City Council’s Antisocial Behaviour team and a PCSO in the St. Andrews Centre, Chesterton, Cambridge this evening. The event was kicked off with an older couple raising concerns about inappropriate police priorities; they had had windows broken and had been burgled but not had a visit […]

  • Opposing Secret Inquests with Government Appointed Coroners and no Juries.

    David Howarth (Cambridge MP), I would like to urge you to remove clause 64 and 65 of the Counter-Terrorism Bill which proposes to introduce inquests in secret, without juries and enable the appointment of special Government appointed coroners. I believe coroners ought to be trusted fulfill their role with integrity and it is necessary for […]

  • Northstowe – Comments on Outline Planning Application

    I made some comments on the Northstowe Outline Planning Application before the 30 March 2008 deadline. On the Transport Assessment: Section 5.6.7 : “Journey times are predicted to be approximately 20 minutes … The proposals include on-street running in Huntingdon and Cambridge with the on street sections having appropriate bus priority measures. ” I am […]