Richard Taylor

Tag: Police

  • Policing – Stop and Account, Honour Crime and Local Priorities

    I decided to write to Kevin Wilkins, County Councillor (£6840/Year), David Howarth MP Staff member (Another job paid for by taxpayers) and Member of the Police Authority (£7631/Year), as he told me on April the 20th he would look into the operation of Stop and Account in Cambridge, I have received a response from the […]

  • Setting Local Police Priorities in Cambridge City

    I spoke at on the subject of setting police priorities at Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee Meeting on the 6th of March 2008, Councillor Nimmo-Smith committed to respond. Prior to the next North Area Committee meeting on the 17th April 2008 I reminded Councillor Nimmo-Smith of his commitment but he was not able to […]

  • Crime Mapping – Enabling Police Accountability

    A response to the Conservative’s proposal on Crime Mapping: We think every police force should publish the crimes committed in their area in a map form. It’s an idea that technology makes possible, that’s worked in the United States, and it’s absolutely key to dealing with the crime that blights our communities. David, I support […]

  • April 2008 North Area Committee Meeting

    I attended the North Area Committee meeting on Thursday the 17th of April in Cambridge. Highlights Sector Inspector Jon Hutchinson assured me after the meeting that he would ask if stop and account records collected in Cambridge could be deleted/destroyed now records of stops and accounts are no-longer made. Councillors removed burglary as a priority […]

  • Questions to Cambridge’s Party Leaders

    Andy Harper, (BBC Radio Cambridgeshire) I heard on your show that you’ll be interviewing the leaders of the main political parties this week so I am writing to you with some of my thoughts on the upcoming election: During these local elections the important issues to me are the proposed expansion of the city and […]

  • Public Meeting on Policing in Cambridge

    I attended a public meeting with members of Cambridge City Council’s Antisocial Behaviour team and a PCSO in the St. Andrews Centre, Chesterton, Cambridge this evening. The event was kicked off with an older couple raising concerns about inappropriate police priorities; they had had windows broken and had been burgled but not had a visit […]

  • Neighbourhood Policing Radio Adverts

    I have just heard a radio advert on Q103 in Cambridge advertising “Neighbourhood Policing” and directing those wishing to have their say to http://www.q103.co.uk. On visiting the radio station website I was directed to : http://www.neighbourhoodpolicesite.co.uk/?station=Q103 There I found a survey which I felt was asking a highly leading question: “What is your biggest crime […]

  • Mini-Motos in Arbury

    On Sunday 9th March I saw youths on mini-motos on the green area between Daisy Close, St Albans Road and Arbury Road in the middle of the afternoon. A mini-moto was being ridden accross the circular play area and around the adjacent play equipment. Children were being denied use of the play equipment on a […]

  • Influencing North Area Policing

    I spoke on the setting of local policing priorities at Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 6th of March 2008. I said that I had attended these meetings a number of times, particularly when the police were present to make suggestions on improving policing in the area. I believed that I was participating […]