The inaugural meeting of the “Interim Community Safety Countywide Board” is to be held at Cambridgeshire County Council’s Shire Hall on the 24th of November 2011.
This new board is intended to be central to the strategic oversight of policing and crime related matters in the county. Its members are made up of representatives from [...]
Tag Archives: Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Strategy Group - Click for Full Article
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Only Human in Cambridgeshire Police Explains Restorative Justice Disposals Policy - Click for Full Article
Friday, November 18, 2011
Cambridgeshire Police Information on Penalties
At just after 17.00 on Thursday the 17th of November 2011 I got a phone call from Inspector Dominic Human of Cambridgeshire Police. Inspector Human is the lead officer for restorative justice in the force, he said he was calling because he understood I had some questions about restorative justice. [...]
Police Authority Questions at Cambridgeshire County Council - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
On the 18th of October 2011 Cambridgeshire County Councillors had the opportunity to ask questions of Cambridgeshire Police Authority.
In the past this opportunity has been wasted by councillors raising local issues which would have been better raised at local priority setting meetings.
The chair of the Police Authority, Ruth Rogers, was absent without explanation, [...]
Standards Committee Deems Allowance Rise Process Flawed - Click for Full Article
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Photo from the Standards Committee Meeting. Left: M Sanders Independent member. Middle: Head of Legal Quentin Baker. Right: Chair Mr D Boreham.
On the 1st of November 2011 I observed a Cambridgeshire County Council standards committee meeting at which the committee refused to retrospectively approve the appointment of an independent renumeration panel which had been selected [...]
Cambridgeshire County Councillor Allowances - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
At their meeting on Tuesday the 18th of October 2011 Cambridgeshire County Council approved the recommendations of a report from an independent panel which proposed an increase in councillors basic allowances from £7,610 to £9,500, as well as increases in the additional allowances for the leader of the council and cabinet members. The leader will [...]
More on Cambridgeshire Police Stop and Search from Ely Police Open Day - Click for Full Article
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Cambridgeshire Police Stop and Search Form
I visited Ely police station today during its open day. One reason I went was to try and find out more about the recording of stop and search in a more direct and speedy manner than is possible via Cambridge’s area committees, police authority papers, and freedom of information requests. [...]
Cambs Police Authority Scrutiny Committee September 2011 - Click for Full Article
Thursday, September 15, 2011
On the 12th of September 2011 I attended a meeting of the scrutiny committee of Cambridgeshire’s Police Authority at Cambridgeshire Police Headquarters in Huntington.
I have written separate articles on two aspects of the meeting:
Restorative Justice Update - My use of the public speaking slot to ask for more information about the way the [...]
Cambridgeshire Police Not Answering Phone - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Cambridgeshire Police Non-Emergency Call Performance (large)
On Monday the 12th of September 2011 Cambridgeshire Police’s Deputy Chief Constable, John Feavyour, described the force’s telephone answering system as “fragile” and said call answering performance had “fallen through the floor” on a number of occasions over the last year. He said the latest statistics showed particularly poor [...]
LibDem Leader Bourke Not Trusted With Confidential Information - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Left: Clarke (Conservative), Right: Bourke (Liberal Democrat)
On Tuesday the 19th of July I observed the start of a Cambridgeshire County Council full council meeting. The council noted that Kilian Bourke, the Liberal Democrat, County Councillor for Romsey had become the Leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition.
The chairman invited party leaders to say some [...]
Cambridgeshire Police Force Area - Click for Full Article
Sunday, July 3, 2011
I thought a Google Map of the Cambridgeshire Police Force Area would come in useful. Use the on-map controls to zoom etc.
The police are moving to use the districts shown, which line up with local council boundaries, as their command units.
I have commented on the Cambridgeshire Police restructuring in another article.
This [...]