“I’m sorry but I am at work and won’t have time to read this before the meeting. Three or four days in advance would be good - I couldn’t have read it last night either, for example, because I was at a meeting in the Guildhall.

Tim Ward”

This email was merely a reminder, I did write to him on the 17th of June on the subject of police priorities, the reply I got then was along the same lines:

I don’t have time to look it all up right now - I’m just off to catch a plane

I replied to Cllr Ward saying:

I am aware I was sending a bit of a last minute email, but on the subject of policing I was reminding you of points I have made to you well in advance:

- I wrote [to you] on the 17th of July suggesting looking at the education/training opportunities for young people in the area, as an underlying cause of crime/ASB.

- I spoke at the April and June North Area committees putting forward the case for burglary to be a priority.