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Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner – Police and Crime Statistics
In my view the number and severity of injuries caused by crimes and road incidents is a relatively solid statistic on which to assess police performance. If the number and severity of injuries related to for example pub and club drinking in a city centre is falling the police can be sure they’re having a […]
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Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner – A14
The A14 Near Huntingdon The A14 is currently road on which far too many people are being killed and injured. Congestion and incidents result in travel times being inconsistent which has an impact on the region’s economy. A Police and Crime Commissioner should, along with the region’s other elected representatives, make it an urgent priority […]
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Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner – Office of Constable as the Foundation of Policing
The office of constable is, and in my view should remain, the foundation of policing in the UK. I think it’s important that we support constables and give them the resources and freedom they need to fulfill their role while ensuring that there are safeguards in place to ensure the immense power and responsibility delegated […]
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Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner – Local Democratic Priority Setting and Accountability
Sgt Wragg of the police with councillors at the Cambridge North Area Committee Elected councillors should set local police and crime priorities and hold their local police and other agencies to account for their performance against them. Priorities should be set after councillors have heard from those with an interest in policing the area. Evidence […]
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What Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Should Do
A Holistic View Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s Police and Crime Commissioner should provide strategic direction not just for the police, but for the work of the courts, prison and probation services, local councils and other bodies with an impact on policing, crime and justice matters in the area; including schools and health service providers. The creation […]
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Policing Histon, Milton, Impington, Cottenham, Oakington and Waterbeach – October 2012
On the 9th of October 2012 I attended the police priority setting meeting for the area covering Histon, Impington, Cottenham, Milton, Chittering, Oakington and Waterbeach. The priorities were not set by democratically elected representatives, but by mob rule, anyone who turned up would have been given a vote. A number of councillors were present, but […]
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Discussing The Police And Crime Commissioner Election on BBC Cambridgeshire
On the morning of the 8th of October 2012 I went on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire’s breakfast show hosted by Paul Stainton to talk about the election of Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner. The subject was being discussed as the returning officer was expected to kick off the process by posting the formal notice of the […]
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Debating UK Police TASER use on BBC Radio Wales
On the 24th of September 2012 I went on BBC Radio Wales to argue against the arming of all front-line police in the UK with TASER weapons. The decision on arming the police with TASER on a routine basis is one for society as a whole, and not just for the police. It’s a decision […]
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Cambs Police Still Holding Back Phone Answering Data
On the 13th of September 2012 I observed, and was unexpectedly invited to participate in, Cambridgeshire County Council’s Police and Crime Scrutiny Committee. In December 2011 the committee had requested detailed statistics from Cambridgeshire Police on their failure to answer non-emergency 101 phone calls in a reasonable amount of time in many cases. In June […]
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Graham Bright
Graham Bright (Source) On the evening of Friday the 7th of September 2012 Cambridgeshire Conservatives held an event at which they had a second go at selecting a candidate for the role of Police and Crime Commissioner. They were trying again as the person they had previously selected in a postal ballot of their membership, […]