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Non-Firearms Officers Account for a Third of TASER Usage
I am very worried by the fact that now one in three TASER uses in the UK, and 27.4% of TASER discharges are by non-Firearms trained officers. I think that TASERs ought be restricted to firearms trained officers for use as a less lethal alternative to a gun. I, unlike the current Government, do not […]
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Cambridge Councillors Ask Police to Tackle Speeding
Police Sergeant Mark Kathro conducting speed checks in the East of Cambridge. I have recently observed councillors at Cambridge City Council’s North, West Central and East Area Committees discuss speeding enforcement with the police. In the North councillors have requested data be collected on speeding on Northfields Avenue and Kings Hedges Road, and have asked […]
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Open Forum and Police Items at West Central Area Committee Dominated by Traffic and Cycling Matters
Cycle Theft Remains at High Levels in Cambridge City Centre. During the open forum and policing agenda item at Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee on the 20th of August 2009 much of the discussion focused on traffic and cycling in the city centre. At the last meeting councillors had prioritised gaining the ability to […]
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Asking Councillors to Ensure People Detained in Parkside are Treated Properly
I am concerned by a report which found those detained in Cambridge’s Parkside police station were not being kept in a safe environment and not being offered appropriate access to medical care and food. In my recent article on a damning report into police custody in Cambridgeshire by HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HM Inspectorate […]
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Asking Questions About The Police’s Attitude to Photographers in Cambridge
Youths with an off-road motorbike look for more youths with similar vehicles on French’s Road, Arbury. On Thursday the 20th of August I attended Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee. Part of the meeting was dedicated to allowing members of the public ask questions of the police. PC Simon Railer gave the police presentation, this […]
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Inept Police Target Traffic Jams During Botched Attempt to Tackle Speeding
PC Julian Haynes and his Cambridgeshire Police colleagues have been out looking for speeding drivers in Cambridge’s traffic jams. Cambridge City Council’s East Area Committee will be meeting at 19.00 on Thursday the 3rd of September 2009. One of the things the city and county councillors for Romsey, Coleridge, Abbey and Petersfield will have on […]
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Asking the Police to Record The Costs of Crime
I am concerned Cambridgeshire Police are not recording the costs of criminal damage like this. During Sgt. Wragg’s update on North Area policing at Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 2nd of July 2009 he said he had received no suggestions on ways to improve the police’s regular reports. When he invited me […]
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Police Claim 20mph Average Speed on Water Street / Fen Road in Chesterton
During June 2009 Cambridgeshire Police Monitored Speeding Through the Speed Cushions on Water Street, Chesterton. I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 2nd of July 2009. Sgt. Wragg of Cambridgeshire Police gave an update on policing North Cambridge as an introduction to the agenda item during which policing is discussed by councillors […]
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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 […]