Richard Taylor

Tag: Cambridgeshire

  • Giving Evidence to the Cambridgeshire Transport Commission

    Cambridgeshire Transport Commissioners Brian Briscoe and Tony Travers heard from the police, academics, and city residents at a session on the 25th of June 2009. On the 25th of June 2009 the Cambridgeshire Transport Commission held an evidence gathering session in the University Centre. I was one of a number of Cambridge residents asked, on […]

  • Cash Injection for More Affordable Housing Prompts Restart of Arbury Park Building Work

    Some homes at Arbury Park are very close to the busy A14 dual carriageway. There are proposals both to widen the road and to build homes even closer to it. Building work has restarted at Arbury Park in North Cambridge; this has been prompted by a relaxation of the rules intended to ensure that the […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police Worst In Country for Accidental TASER Discharges

    I have just been on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire’s breakfast show to respond to a story in the Mirror today headlined Police reveal stun gun blunders in which it has been revealed that Cambridgeshire Police are the worst in the country for accidently discharging their weapons. I pointed out that these incidents had occurred while the […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police – Latest Information Released Under Freedom of Information Act

    Cambridgeshire Police provide a “disclosure log” on which they list selected freedom of information requests they have received, along with the responses they have given. There are currently two such lists on the force’s website. One of which is well indexed in Google and appears not to have been updated so far this year; the […]

  • Meeting Dorothy Gregson, Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Police Authority

    I met the Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Police Authority at the Police Headquarters. Outside, the force flag was flying and the Chief Officers’ luxury Landrover and Volvo were on display. On Monday the 8th of June 2009 I met the Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Police Authority Dr Dorothy Gregson. The authority’s Media & Communications Officer […]

  • Suggesting Improvements to Election Observation in the UK

    I sought accreditation as an electoral observer for the recent elections. Candidates and their agents can observe elements of the elections, and I was informally offered accreditation from a party to observe my local count, however I have no allegiance to any party and decided to follow a route administered by the Electoral Commission instead. […]

  • More Votes Counted Than People Who Turned Out in Cambridge

    Cambridgeshire County Council’s election results are currently being published. I had received an assurance that the number of spoilt papers would be published alongside the ward by ward results. The council are not doing this, but they are reporting turnout figures on a per-ward basis from which I ought be able to approximate the number […]

  • Police Stopping People Taking Photographs in Public Places

    I attended a meeting of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority on Wednesday the 29th of April 2009 . I used the opportunity for members of the public to ask questions to raise the problem of Police Officers stopping people from taking photographs when they have no powers to make such a demand. My Question – TAKING […]

  • Cambridgeshire Transport Commission – Police Input

    I used the opportunity available to members of the public to ask questions at meetings of Cambridgeshire Police Authority to ask the following question on the 30th of April 2009: My Question – TRANSPORT COMMISSION Will the Chairman of the Police Authority and Chief Constable be giving evidence to the Cambridgeshire Transport Commission? How will […]

  • Improving the Openness and Accessibility of Cambridgeshire Police Authority

    On Wednesday the 29th of April 2009 I attended a meeting of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority. I asked about the procedures for public speaking. My Question – PUBLIC SPEAKING Why was I not allowed to speak and make a statement at the December 2008 or February 2009 full police authority meetings? Mr Walters did not […]