TASER armed officer in the UK
Further details of Cambridgeshire Police’s plans to expand TASER deployment have been published. The Chief Constable intends to train one hundred and twenty non-firearms officers to use the weapons. That’s just over one in ten of the force’s 1011 constables.
A paper from Cambridgeshire Police’s Chief Constable to Cambridgeshire Police [...]
I observed Cambridgeshire Police Authority’s full meeting on the 20th of December 2011.
Riots
The Deputy Chief Constable noted the two reports which have been published this week on the causes of the riots:
The rules of engagement: A review of the August 2011 disorders - HMIC.
Report-Policing Large Scale Disorder: lessons from the disturbances of August 2011 [...]
Committee Room Before Kick-Off
Cambridgeshire County Council’s Safer and Stronger Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee met on Wednesday the 14th of December 2011.
The chairman, Cllr Tierney, had invited me to join the committee as a co-optee as I have commented extensively on police and crime related matters, which formed the bulk of the agenda.
I [...]
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 to [...]
Cambridgeshire County Council’s Safer and Stronger Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday the 14th of December 2011 recommended that Cambridgeshire County Council’s cabinet ought expand the resources devoted to addressing domestic abuse within the council’s Community Engagement Directorate.
The committee heard, for the first time, that Domestic Violence support is currently limited to those [...]
TASER armed officer on duty outside a pasty shop in Padstow, Cornwall.
TASER use by Cambridgeshire police is currently restricted to their Tactical Firearms Unit.
I support this as I am concerned that having officers routinely armed with TASER will damage the relationship between the police and the public and will lead to an escalation of [...]
Cllr Mac McGuire (Conservative) has presented his proposal for the make up of the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel.
The make-up of Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel was discussed on Wednesday the 14th of December 2011 by both the Cambridge Community Safety Partnership and Cambridgeshire County Council’s Safer and Stronger Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
The [...]
The New Cambridgeshire Police Restorative Justice Page
I observed the Cambridgeshire Police Authority Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday the 13th of December.
I used the public speaking slot at the start of the meeting to ask about the force’s restorative justice policies.
Following my use of the public speaking slot at the previous scrutiny committee meeting the [...]
On Tuesday the 13th of December I observed Cambridgeshire Police Authority’s Scrutiny Committee.
The committee were told that Cambridgeshire Police are getting even worse at answering their phones.
Deputy Chief Constable Feavyour brought Superintendent Fullwood, who is charge of the force control room, to appear before the committee.
The committee were told the number [...]
This afternoon I was thrown out of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority Scrutiny Committee meeting.
During the agenda item on restorative justice disposals Deputy Chief Constable Feavyour drew members’ attention to a document he described as the force’s restorative justice policy which he stated was in the meeting papers. Also members of the authority were [...]