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New Road Closure Plan from Greater Cambridge City Deal
On the 25th of January 2017 the Greater Cambridge City Deal board voted to pursue a new plan for tackling congestion in Cambridge. The plan was illustrated at the meeting by a conceptual “petal diagram” which shows the main roads into the city with no roads providing connections between those radial roads. Notably the plan […]
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Greater Cambridge City Deal Congestion Consultation Response
I have responded to the Greater Cambridge City Deal’s Consultation on Tackling Congestion following the Greater Cambridge City Deal Board’s endorsement of a policy of pursuing traffic reduction measures including: peak congestion control points in the weekday morning and evening peak periods; and on-street parking controls (including residents’ parking) Key Points: I stressed the costs, […]
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Richard Taylor Asks Labour’s Dave Baigent About What He’d Do as Police and Crime Commissioner
At a Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel meeting on the 16th of March 2016 Dave Baigent, the Labour candidate to be Police and Crime Commissioner, offered to speak to me on camera. I’m publishing the full unedited video of our unprepared, impromptu, discussion along with a transcript. Notable Points Labour’s Dave Baigent has been caught […]
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Cambridgeshire County Council – Online CCTV Cameras
Cambridge Regional College Jct Eastbound Cambridge Regional College Jct Westbound Cambridge Regional College (PTZ) C65 SCIENCE PARK STOP C62 Milton Rd (PTZ) C61 Milton Rd Junction W-bound (F) Graham Rd Jct E/b B1049 Histon Rd (PTZ) Chiefton Way Jct E/b C81 Chariot Way Junction E-b (F) Kings Hedges Rd / Orchard Pk E/b Kings Hedges […]
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Ten Suggested Items for Scrutiny by Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel
Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel is responsible for scrutinising the actions and decisions of Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner. On the basis of its scrutiny the panel can then make public recommendations to the Police and Crime Commissioner. At the February 2014 meeting of Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel I sought to use the public […]
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Cambridge MP Candidates on Edward Snowden
At a hustings event in Cambridge organised by Amnesty International I asked those candidates present for their views on Edward Snowden. My question Should the UK offer Edward Snowden Asylum A medal A fair trial? Julian Huppert I think he should be offered asylum. I think it was an astonishing thing that he did. It […]
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Police At Duggan Inquest Say Law Prevented Them Writing Things Down
Inquests ought be open, public, processes for learning about how and why someone died so we can try and prevent something similar happening again. One thing which has struck me from the currently ongoing inquest into the death of Mark Duggan, who was shot by the police in London on the 4th of August 2011, […]
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Commissioner Bright Misses First Public Police Priority Setting Meeting Following Election
A sign like this was outside Longstanton Golf Club however it was too dark to read it, never mind take a photo. On Tuesday the 20th of November 2012 I attended the Swavesey police priority setting meeting. As the first local police priority setting meeting since the election of Graham Bright as Cambridgeshire’s Police and […]
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Scrutiny of Operation Redesign
The Chief Constable’s December 2010 Report to Cambridgeshire Police Authority Introducing Operation Redesign. Two representatives of Cambridgeshire Police attended Cambridgeshire County Council’s Safer and Stronger Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday the 14th of December 2011 to make a presentation and take questions on Operation Redesign. Operation Redesign is Chief Constable Simon Parr’s approach […]
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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 […]