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Cambridge Community Safety Partnership – July 2013
I observed Cambridge Community Safety Partnership meeting on the 23rd of July 2013. I have written dedicated articles on three aspects of the meeting: Ecstasy Alternative Benzofuran Linked to Cambridge Drug Deaths Cycling Police to Patrol Cambridge Cambridge Criminals Queuing Up to Volunteer for Police GPS Tags Other notable points include: The meeting was told […]
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Funding A14 Upgrade
Upgrading the A14 was debated at Cambridgeshire County Council on the 16th of July 2013. The A14, particularly between Cambridge and the A1(M) is a highly congested and dangerous stretch of road. Incidents, which occur almost every day, result in unreliable journey times as well as injuries and deaths. Addressing the problem is crucial to […]
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Battle to Film at Huntingdonshire District Council
I decided to observe Huntingdonshire District Council’s full council on Wednesday the 26th of June 2013. I was particularly interested in hearing the debate to be led by Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright who was scheduled to speak to the council and take questions from councillors. Prior to attending I looked up the council’s […]
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Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright Announces ALERT
Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright used the June 2013 Police and Crime Panel meeting to announce a new technology system for Cambridgeshire Police, called: “ALERT”. Commissioner Bright told the panel that the system would enable neighbourhood watch groups to: know the very next morning whether there’s been a burglary, whether there’s been some […]
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Labour and LibDems Let Conservatives Continue Running Cambridgeshire County Council
Cambridgeshire County Council’s full council on the 21st of May 2013 elected Conservative Cllr Martin Curtis as the new leader of the council. Cllr Curtis then appointed a cabinet comprised solely of Conservative councillors. There were two rounds of voting for the leadership. In the first round st Cllr John Hipkin gained 16 votes from […]
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Council Spooks Deployed Against Boaters
Cambridge City Council has reportedly used tactics one might expect to see in an episode of Spooks, or used in serious criminal investigations, to probe the living arrangements of those living on boats moored in the city. Amy Tillson, who lives on a boat on the river, and who represents boaters at meetings with the […]
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Commenting on Proposed Council Tax Rises
The Conservative party is split on the question of council tax rises. Conservatives in central government are saying they want to see council tax kept at its current level, but locally in Cambridgeshire we’ve got a Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner and a Conservative run County Council who are proposing council tax rises. I have […]
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Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright Speaks in Cambridge
Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright made his first public speech in Cambridge at the West / Central Area Committee on the 10th of January 2013. I am here presenting the full video and transcript along with my comments. During the speech the commissioner announced new targets for: All non-emergency calls made via 101 […]
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Police and Crime Commissioner Bright Walks Out of West Central Area Committee Meeting During Policing Item
Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright made an appearance at the Cambridge’s West Central Area Committee on the 10th of January 2013. Mr Bright made a speech and took some questions, but didn’t stay to observe councillors set the new local police priorities for the area or see them hold the police to account […]
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Commissioner Graham Bright – Office Costs and Deputy Appointment
On the 6th of December 2012, on the morning of the day of the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel meeting which will be asked to consider Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright’s proposed appointment of Brian Ashton as his deputy, I went on the Paul Stainton Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire to talk about […]