Richard Taylor

Tag: Police and Crime Commissioners

  • Cambridgeshire County Council Police Crime and Libraries Scrutiny December 2011

    Committee Room Before Kick-Off Cambridgeshire County Council’s Safer and Stronger Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee met on Wednesday the 14th of December 2011. The chairman, Cllr Tierney, had invited me to join the committee as a co-optee as I have commented extensively on police and crime related matters, which formed the bulk of the agenda. […]

  • Cambridgeshire County Council Urged to Spend More on Domestic Abuse

    Cambridgeshire County Council’s Safer and Stronger Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday the 14th of December 2011 recommended that Cambridgeshire County Council’s cabinet ought expand the resources devoted to addressing domestic abuse within the council’s Community Engagement Directorate. The committee heard, for the first time, that Domestic Violence support is currently limited to those […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police Getting Even Worse at Answering Phone

    On Tuesday the 13th of December I observed Cambridgeshire Police Authority’s Scrutiny Committee. The committee were told that Cambridgeshire Police are getting even worse at answering their phones. Deputy Chief Constable Feavyour brought Superintendent Fullwood, who is charge of the force control room, to appear before the committee. The committee were told the number of […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Strategy Group

    The inaugural meeting of the “Interim Community Safety Countywide Board” is to be held at Cambridgeshire County Council’s Shire Hall on the 24th of November 2011. This new board is intended to be central to the strategic oversight of policing and crime related matters in the county. Its members are made up of representatives from […]

  • Police Authority Questions at Cambridgeshire County Council

    On the 18th of October 2011 Cambridgeshire County Councillors had the opportunity to ask questions of Cambridgeshire Police Authority. In the past this opportunity has been wasted by councillors raising local issues which would have been better raised at local priority setting meetings. The chair of the Police Authority, Ruth Rogers, was absent without explanation, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]