I have taken photographs from my front room of dangerous and illegal scooter / mini-moto / motorbike use on the road outside my house. Apparently someone complained about me doing this to the police, and I was interviewed aggressively for more than half an hour, and received two follow up visits from the police. On […]
Tag Archives: Police
Police Public Consultations in Cambridge - Click for Full Article
Saturday, October 6, 2007
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.
I have not found it easy to find out about appropriate ways to raise my concerns with the police. I looked for community meetings / […]
Operation Cyclone - Cambridge - Click for Full Article
Saturday, October 6, 2007
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.
I don’t like Cambridge police’s recent operation stopping cyclists in the city centre, I’m in favour for dealing with dangerous illegal cycling, though I […]
Congestion Charge Privacy - Click for Full Article
Saturday, October 6, 2007
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.
A congestion charge system for Cambridge is being proposed.
The plans released in local papers involve cameras throughout Cambridge, and on vans which will drive around […]
Dispersal Zones In Cambridge - Click for Full Article
Saturday, October 6, 2007
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 […]
Stop and Account - Click for Full Article
Saturday, October 6, 2007
I was stopped and asked to account for my actions by a police officer last year. During that encounter with the police I feel that I was misled by the officer who suggested that I had to give him my name and address. Police stopping people, asking them to account for their actions and then […]
Speed Awareness Courses - Click for Full Article
Saturday, October 6, 2007
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.
I am aware that Cambridgeshire does not offer speed awareness courses, but they are run elsewhere in the UK (and I, like many residents of […]
Police Using their Notebooks - Click for Full Article
Saturday, October 6, 2007
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:
While a juror I was disappointed by two officers, both relatively senior had not made notes of important events, which was problematic when they were […]
Police powers with respect to mini-motos. - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Dear Cllr James and The Council’s Anti Social Behaviour Section,
I have been appalled by the Police’s lack of action against people misusing motorbikes etc., riding them dangerously eg. with small kids on the back without helmets, and riding them on footpaths etc.
PCSO David Jackson told the inaugural Open Meeting of the Friends of Midsummer Common […]
Opposing More UK Police being Armed with TASERs - Click for Full Article
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Dear David Howarth (Cambridge MP),
I am writing to you following the arming of non-firearms police with TASER electroshock weapons in the UK as part of a year long trial which started on 1st September 2007. (1)
I support police firearms units having access to TASER weapons which they can elect to use as an alternative […]