Richard Taylor

Tag: Stop and Account

Alerting Cambridgeshire Police Authority to the Fact Cambridgeshire Police Ignore the PACE Codes

On Wednesday the 29th of April 2009 I attended a meeting of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority. Members of the public are able to submit questions in advance and they are read out, along with answers which have been prepared by the authority’s secretariat in conjunction with the police. Prior to reading out my questions and […]

May 2, 2009
Policing North Cambridge – December 2008

On Thursday the 11th of December 2008 Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee will be discussing policing. I have written the below to my local councillors, copying selected other members of the committee, suggesting items I believe it would be useful to discuss during the policing agenda item: SUMMARY: TASER – The Home Secretary has […]

December 10, 2008
Police Consulatative Meeting – Arbury Ward

I have just returned from a police consultative meeting at the Meadows Community Centre, the meeting was publicised as being to discuss Anti-Social Behaviour in the ward of Arbury. No council officers attended, apparently due to them being on strike, although the national council worker’s strike doesn’t start until tomorrow. About 14 members of the […]

July 15, 2008
Stop and Account – Compliance with PACE codes in Cambridge

David Howarth (MP for Cambridge), In April 2008 the police in Cambridge decided to abolish the stop and account / encounter form. I am writing to you now as I have today received confirmation from Detective Superintendent Jeff Hill of Cambridgeshire police that in abolishing the stop and account form in Cambridge the police have […]

July 12, 2008
Stop and Account – Cambridge Police Confirm They Ignore PACE Code A

I have today received the below response to some of my questions relating to the operation of stop and account / encounter procedures in Cambridge. The officer in charge of stop and account in Cambridgeshire has confirmed in the email reproduced below that Cambridgeshire Police are ignoring PACE Code A with respect to the procedure […]

July 11, 2008
Improving the Mechanism for Setting Police Priorities in Cambridge

I met with John Fuller, Community Engagement Officer, Cambridgeshire Police and Paul Griffin Strategy Officer (Community Safety) of Cambridge City Council at the Council offices on Regent Street in Cambridge this afternoon. This meeting was idea of the chair of North Area Committee meeting, who decided to ask me to attend it as a response […]

July 3, 2008
Abolition of Stop and Account in Cambridge

As Inspector Hutchinson told the April North Area committee meeting stop and account forms had been abolished in Cambridge, yet I could find nothing to back this up on the Police, Police Authority, Home Office, the BBC or any other news media websites I decided to ask some questions and make some suggestions via the […]

April 20, 2008
Stop and Account in Cambridge

I believe the “stop and account” form used by the police isn’t working and in my view is damaging to the relationship between the public and the police. The way the form is used affects the nature of an encounter between the police and a member of the public. I attended a local community meeting, […]

January 29, 2008
Stop and Account

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 […]

October 6, 2007