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August 2008 North Area Committee
I attended the Cambridge City Council North Area Committee on Thursday August 14th 2008. Prior to the meeting I had advertised it with flyers in the local area, and had written to my ward councillors. Below are my recollections and comments on proceedings: Planning The committee first met at 18.30 to deal with planing applications. […]
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June 2008 North Area Committee – Cambridge
I attended the 19th June 2008 North Area Committee meeting tonight. I think the interesting decisions made were: 1. To demand from officers a better minuting of the element of the previous meeting where police priorities were set. ` 2. To set a fixed time 19.30 for the policing agenda item at the next meeting, […]
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In Advance of June’s North Area Committee
In advance of the upcoming Cambridge City Council North Area Committee meeting on the 19th of June 2008 I have written to some local councillors to make some observations. In summary : The meeting papers are appalling – the minutes of the previous meeting omit the local policing priorities which were agreed by the committee. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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North Area Committee – March 2008
I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee meeting on the 6th of March 2008. The official minutes won’t be published for many weeks and judging by past experience they’ll miss out the interesting bits. So here’s my recollection: Councillor Nimmo-Smith updated the meeting on his discussions with Anglia Water, The Environment Agency, South Cambridgeshire […]
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Dispersal Zones In Cambridge
I wrote the below to Kevin Wilkins (County Councillor and Police Authority member with a specialisation in Cambridge City) and Olive Main, Independent Member of the Police Authority in October 2007: In Cambridge dispersal zones are in my view used in areas they shouldn’t be. Do we really need to use new laws to deal […]