Richard Taylor

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]