Alastair Roberts (Cambridge City Council Officer),
I am writing to you as you are given as the contact for the “North Area Neighbourhood Policing” agenda item for the North Area Committee meeting held on the 20th of January.
At that meeting I witnessed the councillors voting unanimously to support, unamended, the recommendations for police priorities given at […]
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Local Police Priorities in North Cambridge - Click for Full Article
Friday, January 18, 2008
Taking Photographs of Anti-Social Behaviour - Click for Full Article
Saturday, October 6, 2007
I have taken photographs from my front room of dangerous and illegal scooter / mini-moto / motorbike use on the road outside my house. Apparently someone complained about me doing this to the police, and I was interviewed aggressively for more than half an hour, and received two follow up visits from the police. On […]
Police Public Consultations in Cambridge - Click for Full Article
Saturday, October 6, 2007
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.
I have not found it easy to find out about appropriate ways to raise my concerns with the police. I looked for community meetings / […]
Dispersal Zones In Cambridge - Click for Full Article
Saturday, October 6, 2007
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 with […]
Police Using their Notebooks - Click for Full Article
Saturday, October 6, 2007
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:
While a juror I was disappointed by two officers, both relatively senior had not made notes of important events, which was problematic when they were […]
Police powers with respect to mini-motos. - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Dear Cllr James and The Council’s Anti Social Behaviour Section,
I have been appalled by the Police’s lack of action against people misusing motorbikes etc., riding them dangerously eg. with small kids on the back without helmets, and riding them on footpaths etc.
PCSO David Jackson told the inaugural Open Meeting of the Friends of Midsummer Common […]
Street Lighting and Belisha Beacons - Click for Full Article
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Dear Malcolm Mugridge (Lead Engineer, Road Safety Engineering, Cambridgeshire)
I got your name and email from the letter you sent out to those who responded to the consultation on the Chesterton Road Crossing; which resulted in the installation of the fantastically bright LED orange halos around the belisha beacons - which I think are excellent.
I’m writing […]
Chesterton Road Crossing - Click for Full Article
Monday, June 18, 2007
Malcolm Mugridge, (Lead Engineer, Road Safety Engineering, Cambridgeshire County Council)
First I’d like to express my concern that the new A428 was closed due to flooding last week and hope that there will be an appropriate response.
However primarily I’m writing to comment on the “New plans for Chesterton Road, Cambridge” published at:
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/safety/accidents/safety+scheme+for+chesterton+road+cambridge.htm (Since changed)
1. Comments […]
Council Scrutiny of Dispersal Zones - Click for Full Article
Friday, June 1, 2007
Dear Councillor Ward,
In response to the Police priorities section of Wednesday’s North Area Committee Meeting, I asked the councillors if they were happy with the process for introducing dispersal zones in the City.
I noted that the council leader appeared to be authorising these police powers without routinely seeking input from other councillors at the Strategy […]