On the 27th of February 2012 I attended a public meeting called by Cambridgeshire County Council’s Independent Remuneration Panel and held in Cambridge.
The panel is charged with recommending the level of expenses and allowances which councillors ought receive from the council. Councillors will ultimately decide their own expenses and allowances scheme at a full [...]
Tag Archives: Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire County Council Independent Remuneration Panel Public Meeting - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
120 Non-Firearms Officers to be TASER Trained in Cambridgeshire - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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 [...]
Cambridgeshire Police Authority December 2011 - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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 [...]
Cambridgeshire County Council Police Crime and Libraries Scrutiny December 2011 - Click for Full Article
Sunday, December 18, 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 [...]
Scrutiny of Operation Redesign - Click for Full Article
Saturday, December 17, 2011
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 Urged to Spend More on Domestic Abuse - Click for Full Article
Saturday, December 17, 2011
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 [...]
Cambridgeshire Police Propose More TASER Trained Officers - Click for Full Article
Friday, December 16, 2011
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 [...]
Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel - Click for Full Article
Friday, December 16, 2011
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 [...]
Inconsistency On Cambridgeshire Police Restorative Justice Disposals Policy - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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 [...]
Cambridgeshire Police Getting Even Worse at Answering Phone - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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 [...]