Tag: Cambridgeshire Police

Ansar Ali Independent For Police Commissioner

07:20 Thursday 21st June 2012
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: Another person from Peterborough has announced their intention to run for the post of the Police Commissioner of Cambridgeshire. Elections to the post, which will replace the Cambridgeshire Police Authority, will be held in November. Labour announced last week that city councillor Ed Murphy has been selected by the Party as their candidate. Let’s speak to the latest person to announce their intention to run for the job, Ansar Ali, who’s been an independent member of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority since 2008. Morning Ansar.
ANSAR ALI: Good morning Paul.
PAUL STAINTON: Why do you want this curious position?
ANSAR ALI: Because I think I’ve got the right qualities to deliver the expectations of the public of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
PAUL STAINTON: What are they? Continue reading “Ansar Ali Independent For Police Commissioner”

Labour Man for Police Commissioner

17:18 Monday 18th June 2012
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CHRIS MANN: Labour has unveiled its list of candidates for elections to appoint new police commissioners in England and Wales. Here in Cambridgeshire it’s Ed Murphy, a Peterborough City councillor and former Chair of the Joint Cambridgeshire District and County Crime Reduction Panel. Elections in 41 forces’ areas will take place in November, when the current police authorities will be scrapped. The new commissioners will have the power to hire and fire chief constables, hold them to account, and set the forces’ budgets. The Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says any of their candidates who are selected will first try to reverse some of the cuts in police numbers. .. Ed, good evening to you.
ED MURPHY: Good evening.
CHRIS MANN: So you want to be the face of policing in Cambridgeshire. Continue reading “Labour Man for Police Commissioner”

A Fair Spot and Goodly – Local Impressions of Peterborough

07:20 Thursday 17th May 2012
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

“They’re always in groups, and when you’re walking down here late at night, you’re very scared. The amount of cars that have pulled up to me personally, it’s horrible. Would you like to get into my car? How much? It’s a very scary place to live. Very scary.”
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Police Appetite for a Strike

08:15 Thursday 10th May 2012
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: It seems it’s going to be a day of discontent everywhere, because off-duty police staff are also protesting today. Around 20,000 rank and file officers expected to be taking part in a march in London at lunchtime. And according to the Police Federation, that march also includes 150 off-duty police officers from Cambridgeshire. And I can now speak to Oz Merrygold from Peterborough, who’s on a coach heading for the capital. Morning Oz.
OZ MERRYGOLD: Good morning Paul.
PAUL STAINTON: Whereabouts are you?
OZ MERRYGOLD: We’re just in Cambridge at the moment. We’re doing our second pickup at Trumpington Coach Park.
PAUL STAINTON: Obviously police officers not allowed to go on strike,. but you’re all going to be showing your displeasure in a different way today. Continue reading “Police Appetite for a Strike”

Vernon Coaker on the Cuts to the Police Budget

17:40 Thursday 21st July 2011
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ANDY BURROWS: Top story this afternoon, here on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, and it’s the news that 34,000 police jobs in England and Wales could go by 2015. That’s according to a new report. The figure includes over 16,000 police officers, almost 2,000 fewer Community Support Officers, and more than 16,000 fewer civilian staff. Now earlier on today we heard from Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary for the East, who says Cambridgeshire Police’s partnerships with neighbouring forces on things like firearms, major crime and road policing, will help protect front line jobs. But as you heard earlier on in the programme, Shaun Ryan, who’s the Chairman of the Cambridgeshire Police Federation, the police officers’ union effectively, said it confirmed his members’ worst fears. Well a short time ago I spoke to the Shadow Police Minister, Vernon Coaker. Continue reading “Vernon Coaker on the Cuts to the Police Budget”

Feral Youth in Fletton- Peterborough Police Response

17:04 Tuesday 19th April 2011
Drivetime BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

ANDY BURROWS: Problems seemingly then in the Fletton area of Peterborough today. .. Some people living near the Fellowes Gardens area of the city claim they feel unable to leave their homes because of anti-social behaviour. A group of youths are being blamed, with residents saying they’re out drinking every evening, and being abusive in some cases. This is what a couple of the residents told our reporter Samantha Appleby. Continue reading “Feral Youth in Fletton- Peterborough Police Response”

Cambridgeshire Police Impact Team

08:45 Tuesday 5th April 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: Several drugs raids have been taking place in and around the city this morning, and our reporter Johnnie Dee is in Thorney, where a raid took place in just the last hour. Morning Johnnie. (OB)
JOHNNIE DEE: Good morning Paul. Yes I’m on Wisbech Road in Thorney. If you go to the left of me at the moment it’s Guyhurn, and the other way is Peterborough. And there is a row of old terraced cottages, known as Bedford Cottages, erected by the Duke of Bedford in the 1800s. And outside Paul, something very unusual is going on, because we’ve got a large blue police van, two police patrol cars, and lots of police officers I can see in front of me, in this little cottage. Continue reading “Cambridgeshire Police Impact Team”

Police Cuts – What is a Front Line Officer?

07:37 Wednesday 30th March 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: What is a police officer? As police forces have their numbers axed, there’s a debate over what is a front line police officer. In Cambridgeshire we’re being told front line policing will be protected. But what is it? Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary has done a study into the definition, and Zoe Billingham is the HM Inspector for the Eastern Region. Morning Zoe.
ZOE BILLINGHAM: Morning Paul.
PAUL STAINTON: What is a policeman? Continue reading “Police Cuts – What is a Front Line Officer?”