Richard Taylor

Tag: Cambridgeshire

  • Cambridgeshire Police Authority Meeting September 2010

    I attended the meeting of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority held on the 30th of September 2010. It was held at police headquarters in Huntington; I had to show my passport before I was allowed in. After a briefly welcoming the new Chief Constable, Simon Parr, to his first police authority meeting the first item taken […]

  • Cambridgeshire County Council – October 2010 Full Council

    Lunch menu from the Cambridgeshire County Council meeting on the 19th of October 2010. (I did not have permission to photograph the meeting itsself) On the 19th of October 2010 my local County Councillor, Rupert Moss-Eccardt, invited me to observe a full meeting of Cambridgeshire County Council from the floor of the chamber and to […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police Authority at the February 2010 West Central Area Committee

    Cambridgeshire Police Authority gave a presentation at the West / Central Area committee on the 4th of February 2010. While it wasn’t clear from the meeting I believe the intention may have been that it forms part of a consultation process before the Police Authority decide how much they’re going to charge us though the […]

  • Improving Public Access to Cambridgeshire Police Authority

    For over a year now I have been lobbying for improvements in the way in which public questions to the Cambridgeshire Police Authority are handled. I have written to the Chief Executive and chair of the authority, spoken at the police authority in person to press the need for improvements to members, and have raised […]

  • Police Ought Focus More on Criminals and Less on Those Reporting Crime

    Cambridgeshire Police can’t cope with leaving questions on forms blank, even when they are irrelevant. I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 12th of November 2009. During the policing agenda item members of the public are given the opportunity to ask questions of the police and make suggestions. Councillors then vote on […]

  • Performance of NHS Cambridgeshire’s Exceptional Cases Panel

    I have been looking into the performance of Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust’s “Exceptional Cases Panel”. The panel is tasked with deciding if public money ought be spent on a treatment which is not covered by existing NHS contracts and policies. The kind of requests which the panel deals with include high cost treatments for rare […]

  • Cambridgeshire NHS PCT Board Meeting and AGM

    Chief Executive Chris Banks presents his report to the Cambridgeshire NHS PCT AGM. This evening I attended a board meeting of Cambridgeshire NHS PCT followed by their AGM. The event was held at the South Fens Business Centre in Chatteris. I used the opportunity available for members of the public to speak to at the […]

  • Police Custody in Cambridge Condemned by Inspectorate

    Cambridgeshire police say criticisms of uncaring attitudes amongst custody staff have caused great distress to the force. I am more concerned about those detained not being kept in a safe environment, not being offered access to medical care and not being given food. On the 4th of August 2009 a damming report into police custody […]

  • Chesterton Road Zebra Crossing – Lighting Maintenance Problems

    The zebra crossing on Chesterton Road between Carlyle Road and the Jesus Lock footbridge has been an accident blackspot, however following the installation of fantastic quality floodlighting and orange LED halos around the belisha beacons (Zebrite Belisha Beacons ) the number of incidents appears to have been falling. From what I can glean from the […]

  • Asking the Police to Record The Costs of Crime

    I am concerned Cambridgeshire Police are not recording the costs of criminal damage like this. During Sgt. Wragg’s update on North Area policing at Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 2nd of July 2009 he said he had received no suggestions on ways to improve the police’s regular reports. When he invited me […]