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Plain Clothes PCSOs in East Cambridge?
Cambridge City Council’s East Area Committee is to meet from 19.00 on December the 15th 2011. Among the agenda items is the policing report. Councillors will hold the police to account for their performance over the past period and set the priorities for the upcoming few months. Members of the public can use a public […]
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Cambridgeshire Police Authority Scrutiny Committee December 2011
Cambridgeshire Police Authority Scrutiny Committee 13th of December I observed some of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday the 13th of December 2011. I have written a number of separate articles on key aspects: Restorative Justice Disposals – Confusion and inconsistency continues. Phone Answering Performance – The police are getting even worse at […]
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Inconsistency On Cambridgeshire Police Restorative Justice Disposals Policy
The New Cambridgeshire Police Restorative Justice Page I observed the Cambridgeshire Police Authority Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday the 13th of December. I used the public speaking slot at the start of the meeting to ask about the force’s restorative justice policies. Following my use of the public speaking slot at the previous scrutiny committee meeting […]
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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 […]
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Cambridge Community Safety Partnership December 2011
The Cambridge Community Safety Partnership proposes the city wide policing priorities for the city which are then approved (or not) by a full meeting of Cambridge City Council. The group comprises representatives of the City Council, Police, County Council, NHS, and Magistrates. I have submitted the following public questions for their forthcoming meeting: During the […]
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Star Radio Police Podcast: Restorative Justice, Police Patrols and Politeness
Cambridgeshire Police’s Sector Inspector for the Ely area Robin Sissons – Again Featuring in a Star Radio Podcast. Star Radio’s regular podcast with Cambridgeshire Police’s Inspector Sissons, the sector inspector for Ely, is a great route for finding out about how the police are operating. One of the things that is particularly revealing is when […]
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Why I Support the Degrading is Degrading Campaign
On the 4th of November 2011 Cambridge student newspaper Varsity reported the launch of a “Degrading is Degrading” campaign. Having read the article I responded immediately by Twitter to express my support. While I had no particular knowledge or experience of the process of “degrading”, the Cambridge terminology for being allowed to take a year […]
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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 […]
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Shoplifting Decriminalised in North Cambridge
Campkin Road Tesco, Cambridge At 17.45 on Wednesday the 23rd of November 2011 the north Cambridge neighbourhood policing sergeant, Jason Wragg, sent the following to some of the residents of the area who have signed up to the ECops email system: GOOD NEWS Your north police officers, PC Tom Gallagher and PC Darren Goodwin caught […]