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Mini-Motos in Arbury
On Sunday 9th March I saw youths on mini-motos on the green area between Daisy Close, St Albans Road and Arbury Road in the middle of the afternoon. A mini-moto was being ridden accross the circular play area and around the adjacent play equipment. Children were being denied use of the play equipment on a […]
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CCTV – Martingale Close
Mr Beaumont (City Council CCTV Manager), Could you please let me know why there are two re-deployable Closed Circuit Television (RCCTV) cameras in Martingale Close. I note that a least one local resident did not immediately realise what the objects were which had appeared on the lampposts. This leads me to question: Did the signs […]
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Cambridge City Council Ward Map
I thought the ward map offered by Cambridge City Council was a bit lacking so I produced a Google Maps version. Use the on-map controls to zoom, drag to move and click on a ward for its name : View on Google Maps The extent of the City boundary can be seen from the ward […]
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Liberal Democrat Position on the Cambridge Congestion Charge
Rhodri James (Lib Dem Councillor for Arbury), I have read your “Focus on Arbury” newsletter this evening within which in your section on the congestion charge you state: “Lib Dem councillors have said they will not support the scheme unless residents pay much less than people driving into the City from outside.” Yet you have […]
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Influencing North Area Policing
I spoke on the setting of local policing priorities at Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 6th of March 2008. I said that I had attended these meetings a number of times, particularly when the police were present to make suggestions on improving policing in the area. I believed that I was participating […]
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North Area Committee – March 2008
I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee meeting on the 6th of March 2008. The official minutes won’t be published for many weeks and judging by past experience they’ll miss out the interesting bits. So here’s my recollection: Councillor Nimmo-Smith updated the meeting on his discussions with Anglia Water, The Environment Agency, South Cambridgeshire […]
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Stop and Account in Cambridge
I believe the “stop and account” form used by the police isn’t working and in my view is damaging to the relationship between the public and the police. The way the form is used affects the nature of an encounter between the police and a member of the public. I attended a local community meeting, […]
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Setting Local Police Priorities
To: City Councillors Downham, Levy and Armstrong and relevant council officers, I have tonight attended a “anti-social behavior meeting for the Arbury”, at which I was able to ask the Police, who were represented by PCSO Rob Streater where the Police priorities for the North Area were set, where the Neighbourhood Panel Meeting for the […]
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Local Police Priorities in North Cambridge
Alastair Roberts (Cambridge City Council Officer), I am writing to you as you are given as the contact for the “North Area Neighbourhood Policing” agenda item for the North Area Committee meeting held on the 20th of January. At that meeting I witnessed the councillors voting unanimously to support, unamended, the recommendations for police priorities […]
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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 […]