Richard Taylor

Tag: Police Authority

  • Cambridgeshire Police Authority Dodge my TASER Questions

    On Wednesday the 29th of April 2009 I attended a meeting of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority. Members of the public are able to submit questions in advance. I asked about the increased deployment of TASER weapons. My Question – TASER Why has the expanded deployment of TASER to all response police officers announced by the […]

  • Public Questions for the April 2009 Cambridgeshire Police Authority Meeting

    There is to be a Full Cambridgeshire Police Authority meeting on the 29th April 2009 at 16:00 in the Police Headquarters, Huntingdon. Members of the public are able to ask questions or make statements at the beginning of these meetings. I have submitted the below, all of which I think are important things the Police […]

  • Cambridge to Lose Police Station

    A report released today in advance of a meeting of a Cambridgeshire Police Authority next Wednesday, the 29th of April reveals that Cambridge is likely to lose its police station at Parkside. The Police Authority is shockingly not being asked for its comments on the plans, or to approve them, it is being asked merely […]

  • Encouraging Liberal Democrats to Act Locally on their National TASER Policies

    The Liberal Democrats nationally are calling for: “an in-depth inquiry into the use of TASERs before they become commonplace on British streets”. The call was made by Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman Chris Huhne in a statement he made following the release of figures on TASER use against under-eighteens in the UK in response to […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police Authority February 2009

    I went to observe a meeting of Cambridgeshire Police Authority on Wednesday the 18th of February 2009. The agenda for the meeting had only been made publicly available on Monday the 15th, after the suggested deadline for members of the public submitting questions. When I questioned the late publication of the agenda by email in […]

  • Openess and Accessibility of Cambridgeshire Police Authority

    Dr Dorothy Gregson has moved from her previous position of Director of Public Health at Cambridge City Primary Care Trust to become the Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Police Authority. Her first regular Police Authority meeting is scheduled for Wednesday the 18th February 2009, and she doesn’t appear to be getting off to a great start […]

  • The Role of Police Authorities in Decisions to Extend TASER Deployment

    Speaking in a Westminster Hall debate on Wednesday the 28th of January 2009, Vernon Coaker the Home Office Minister of State for Policing, Crime & Security spoke on the expanded deployment of TASER: With regard to Taser training, the roll out of Tasers has been widely welcomed as a good thing. The training costs will […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police Authority – December 2008

    I attended Cambridgeshire Police Authority’s meeting on the 17th of December 2008, items discussed below include: TASERs Public Speaking Police Powers for Security Guards Common Assessment Framework Treasury Management Collaboration Other Items TASERs Following the Home Secretary’s announcement on the 24th of November that all the UK’s response police are to be issued TASER weapons […]

  • Addenbrooke’s Staff to get Police Powers

    A report to tomorrow’s Cambridgeshire Police Authority meeting states that uniformed staff at Addenbrookes are to be given police powers as part of a trial scheme to be run between March and September 2009. Presumably this means their security and parking staff rather than nurses. These staff will wear badges, which the public are supposed […]