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’s Sector Inspector for the Ely area Robin Sissons - Again Featuring in a Star Radio Podcast.
Star Radio’s regular podcast with Cambridgeshire Police’s Inspector Sissons, the sector inspector for Ely, is a great route for finding out about how the police are operating.
One of the things that is particularly revealing is when there [...]
Inside Cambridge Magistrates’ Court (source)
On Thursday the 17th of November 2011 I observed one of Cambridge’s magistrates courts in operation.
I have written separate articles on two of the cases I observed:
Consequences of Punching A Random Stranger on Fitzroy Street in Cambridge
Charges Dropped After Student Fees Protestors Strike Deal With Prosecutors
Other cases:
Drug Case to be [...]
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert
The Cambridge News is today reporting that Cambridge’s MP Julian Huppert has said:
Drug users need help, not prison.
My response to this is to agree that those addicted to drugs need to be given help; however I think we do need to punish, as well as help, those who commit crimes while addicted [...]
Fitzroy Street, Cambridge.
On Thursday the 17th of November 2011 I observed Cambridge magistrates deal with a resident of the Riverside ECHG hostel on Willow Walk in central Cambridge.
The defendant was before the magistrates for a number of matters. He had previously pleaded guilty to an offence of battery. The court was told he had been [...]
Kings College Cambridge
I observed Cambridge magistrates courts on the morning of Thursday the 17th of November 2011. I’d gone along as I was expecting to see Mr Jacob Wills and Mr Curtis-Watson appearing in front-of magistrates in relation to charges arising from events in Cambridge during and after a protest against tuition fee rises.
I [...]
On Monday the 12th of September 2011 I attended a meeting of Cambridgeshire Police Authority’s Scrutiny Committee at which I used the public speaking slot to raise some concerns about the police force’s implementation of restorative justice disposals.
Restorative justice disposals as used by Cambridgeshire Police involve a PCSO or constable issuing an offender with [...]
In advance of a Cambridgeshire Police Authority Scrutiny Committee meeting to be held on the 12th of September a paper on restorative justice, providing an update on its implementation in Cambridgeshire has been published.
Key Points
Cambridgeshire Police are planing to reduce the number of those taken into its police stations by a quarter through [...]
A Cambridgeshire Police Constable in Cambridge
On the 25th of August 2011 during the policing section of the West Central Area committee I took the opportunity to draw councillors’ attention to the expansion in the range of offences which Cambridgeshire Police consider can now be dealt with, outside of court, through “restorative justice”. I also pointed [...]
Inside Cambridge Magistrates’ Court (source)
I went to Cambridge magistrates courts on Monday the 25th of July 2011 as this was the date set for the trial of Mr Jacob Wills and Mr Curtis-Watson following allegations they had obstructed PC Hinks in Kings College Cambridge after a protest in the city.
The case was not listed [...]