The door into the West/Central area committee. Council rules prevented me from taking a more interesting photo showing councillors and the police inside the meeting.
On the 4th of February I observed the West Central area committee where councillors were considering, at an early stage, the possibility of a new dispersal zone in the city centre. [...]
Red - Area of Current Dispersal Zone from 3 Jan 2010
Blue - Area of Previous Dispersal Zone to 3 Jan 2010
Note: East Road itself was excluded from the previous zone.
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On the 18th of January 2010 I attended Cambridge City Council’s Strategy and Resources committee to ask about council leader Ian Nimmo-Smith’s recent [...]
Repairing the path under the avenue of plane trees on Jesus Green is at last high up the city council’s list of priorities.
On Thursday the 3rd of December 2009 I attended the Jesus Green Association’s Annual General Meeting. This was a public meeting, open to all, which had been advertised by email, on posters [...]
To: Kevin Wilkins (County Councillor and Police Authority member with a specialisation in Cambridge City) and Olive Main, Independent Member of the Police Authority.
At the Cambridge City Council’s East Area Committee on the 28th of February Sgt. Cross of the Police reported problems with the operation of dispersal zone which includes Mill Road in [...]
I wrote the below to Kevin Wilkins (County Councillor and Police Authority member with a specialisation in Cambridge City) and Olive Main, Independent Member of the Police Authority in October 2007:
In Cambridge dispersal zones are in my view used in areas they shouldn’t be. Do we really need to use new laws to deal with [...]
Dear Councillor Ward,
In response to the Police priorities section of Wednesday’s North Area Committee Meeting, I asked the councillors if they were happy with the process for introducing dispersal zones in the City.
I noted that the council leader appeared to be authorising these police powers without routinely seeking input from other councillors at the Strategy [...]
Councillor Bruce,
I am writing to you as I believe you are the Chair of the Strategy Scrutiny Committee.
Can you let me know if the Council Leader’s decision to make an area of Cambridge including Mill Road, Parker’s Piece, Christ’s Pieces, Midsummer Common, Brunswick Gardens and Riverside a designated area under Section 30 Subsections (3) to [...]