Richard Taylor

Tag: Police Authority

  • Commenting on Cambridgeshire Police Restructing

    At about 08:10 on the morning of Friday the 13th of May 2011 I went on the BBC Radio Cambridgeshire breakfast show to respond to the Cambridgeshire Police Chief Constable’s plans to restructure the force. (In a way only a man in uniform could, the Chief Constable has dubbed his plans “Operation Redesign”). The police […]

  • Home Affairs Select Committee Session on TASERs

    TASER Preferred Target Areas Shown In Blue (Source: TASER International Training Bulletin 15) A couple of days ago Cambridge MP Julian Huppert forwarded me a press release from the Home Affairs Select committee alerting me to a one-off evidence session on the use of tasers by UK police forces to be held on Tuesday the […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police Authority Meeting September 2010

    I attended the meeting of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority held on the 30th of September 2010. It was held at police headquarters in Huntington; I had to show my passport before I was allowed in. After a briefly welcoming the new Chief Constable, Simon Parr, to his first police authority meeting the first item taken […]

  • Cambridgeshire County Council – October 2010 Full Council

    Lunch menu from the Cambridgeshire County Council meeting on the 19th of October 2010. (I did not have permission to photograph the meeting itsself) On the 19th of October 2010 my local County Councillor, Rupert Moss-Eccardt, invited me to observe a full meeting of Cambridgeshire County Council from the floor of the chamber and to […]

  • East Chesterton Residents Terrorised by Thuggish Parents

    Two residents of Evergreens, a cul-de-sac off Green End Road, in Chesterton attended the North Area Committee on Thursday the 30th of September 2010 to speak during the police priority setting section of the meeting. They described the shocking behaviour of some parents who park in the cul-de-sac while dropping their children off at the […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police Drop Plans to Issue TASERs to Non-Firearms Officers

    Earlier today, in response to a public question I asked at a full meeting of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority, it was revealed that Cambridgeshire Police are no longer planning to issue TASER weapons to non-firearms officers. I have been campaigning and lobbying against the previous government’s proposals to arm all frontline police officers with TASER […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police Authority at the February 2010 West Central Area Committee

    Cambridgeshire Police Authority gave a presentation at the West / Central Area committee on the 4th of February 2010. While it wasn’t clear from the meeting I believe the intention may have been that it forms part of a consultation process before the Police Authority decide how much they’re going to charge us though the […]

  • Improving Public Access to Cambridgeshire Police Authority

    For over a year now I have been lobbying for improvements in the way in which public questions to the Cambridgeshire Police Authority are handled. I have written to the Chief Executive and chair of the authority, spoken at the police authority in person to press the need for improvements to members, and have raised […]

  • Kevin Wilkins Replaces Ruth Joyce as FOI Lead on Cambs Police Authority

    Kevin Wilkins, Liberal Democrat County Councillor for West Chesterton in Cambridge, is the Police Authority’s new lead member on Freedom of Information. Unelected appointee Ruth Joyce was removed from her position as the police authority’s lead member for freedom of information during an authority meeting on the 30th of September 2009 . I have been […]

  • Addenbrookes Security Threatening People With Fixed Penalties

    A progress report on a trial involving security staff at Addenbrooke’s hospital being given police powers, including the ability to administer summary justice via fixed penalty tickets, was presented to Cambridgeshire Police Authority on the 30th of September 2009. It revealed that only “managers” had been given the powers and the powers had not been […]