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Road traffic Collision Investigations, what really happened
The picturesque counties of Devon and Cornwall attract millions of visitors every year but, like many places in the UK, serious danger can lurk on the roads. When there’s a fatal or near-fatal crash in the counties, Devon and Cornwall’s Collision Investigation Unit are called upon to work out exactly what happened. ITV’s series ‘Crash Scene Investigators’ follows the expert officers as they use science and detective work to establish the events that led up to serious road traffic collisions.
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Quote of the moment
“Speed cameras..... are fatuous instruments of oppression ..... designed to exercise power and impose subservience purely for its own sake.”
Auberon Waugh ……….. via the ABD website
The PPP comment…. We have said it so many times and in so many ways but never so succinctly.
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Chief Constable's Blog Posted Thursday June 26 2008
On Tuesday the Deputy Chief Constable and I held the last two sessions of our ‘Roadshow 2008’, at ‘Y Stiwt’ (a very splendid Victorian meeting hall) in the old mining village of Rhosllannerchrugog near Wrexham. This Roadshow has been a very considerable undertaking – we have set out, as we do every other year, to see the whole of our staff in groups of 50-100 in order to discuss developments in policing in North Wales. We have 2597 people at present (1593 police officers and 1004 police staff);
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North Wales Police Authority Public Meetings
The PACF meetings are consultation meetings with the public in these areas. Members of the public who are interested in influencing Police priorities or have a problem should attend these meetimgs. Usually the Police Authority member for their area will chair the meeting and the Superintendent and area Inspector and his seargeant and/or CBMs will be present.
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Key statistics on substance misuse all Wales
Welsh Assembly Government statistics - Clients seen by the Welsh NHS showing all substances misused in 2006-07; (published November 2007) 2006-07 ‘All Cases’ figure is a 29% increase on those for 2005-06 [All Cases 2005-06 = 27,741]
Alcohol cases were up by 40% on the same period and drug cases up 20%. North West Wales has been named as the country's worst drug death region. 820 heroin users aged between 15-44 were living in North West Wales, almost 1.2% of the population.
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NORTH WALES POLICE AUTHORITY--- POLICY OFFICER.
POLICE AUTHORITY OFFICE, POLICE HEADQUARTERS, COLWYN BAY Salary scale POA (£27,582 - £29,844 per annum)
Applications are invited for the above post, the overall purpose of which is to advise the Police Authority on matters relating to planning, performance and policing policy, and to prepare, implement, monitor and review consultation and engagement with the general public and public individuals and bodies.There is a requirement to attend meetings throughout North Wales and sometimes beyond.
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They are ALL making money from Speed cameras
South Yorkshire chief constable Meredydd Hughes, 49, was disqualified from driving for 42 days by Wrexham Magistrates yesterday. He pleaded guilty to driving at 90mph in a 60mph limit on the A5 at Halton near Chirk in May. Mr Hughes – formerly the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) spokesman on roads policing, and a hardliner on speeding enforcement – did not attend the hearing but later admitted it was a “serious” speeding charge and apologised to the police & the public. ROAD SAFETY SUPPORT LIMITED & Med Hughes!
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NWPF hosts national wildlife course
The national ‘Wildlife and Environment Protection’ course, which is usually held in Essex, has been brought to North Wales to help increase officer knowledge about all aspects of wildlife crime. Sponsored by and in partnership with the Countryside Council for Wales, the course will equip officers with the latest information on a variety of topics including badger baiting, poisoning and the control of endangered species. Twenty officers are attending the course from various departments across the force, including CID & CBMs
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SCAMERA MAKES £72,000 IN THREE WEEKS
Over 1,200 drivers have been caught speeding in three weeks by a single Lancashire mobile scamera. This has raked in £72,000 – seven times the average Lancashire speed camera’s revenue in a year. Police set the device up in a lay-by on the 70mph A56 bypass to enforce a 50mph limit during a £2.8million project to lay a new road surface. The device will be there for another 13 weeks.The camera is placed after a bend and it is mainly used during rush hour.The Welsh Highways agency is using portable GATSOs on the A55 roadworks.
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Rt Hon David Davis Parliamentary Candidate
David was born in 1948. He was educated at Warwick University (BSc Joint Hons Molecular Science/Computer Science 1968-1971), London Business School (Master's Degree in Business 1971-1973) and Harvard (Advanced Management Program 1984-1985). He is married to Doreen, and they have three children. He is a former Director of Tate & Lyle Plc. We have written a letter of support to David Davis. His recent resignation as MP and shadow minister and his reasons for so doing have received massive media coverage.
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Flintshire community calls for police answers on shooting of bull
ON FRIDAY, November 16, last year Police shot dead a bullock which had escaped from Mold Market. Police marksmen concluded the animal was dangerous & shot it.During the incident, a bullet smashed through an office window of AGS Security Systems on Denbigh Road, next door to a conference room where eight people were involved in a meeting. NWPF said it was unable to comment as the incident was subject of an inquiry. The Chronicle has waited patiently for more than six months, NWPF will only say that "procedures were followed"
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The prudent way to police North Wales
Police watchdogs have set the level people will pay to maintain an effective policing service in North Wales over the next year. Members of the North Wales Police Authority decided on a 4.5 per cent increase in the Council Tax precept. Lower than the 5 per cent rise that was recommended in a report by the Police Authority’s treasurer, Nigel Thomas.The decision of the meeting held in St Asaph means there will be a £240,000 cut to the proposed budget but it is hoped to do everything possible to protect neighbourhood policing.
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The Fatal Five , NWPF Assistant CC’s Blog
The Fatal Five, NWPF Assistant CC’s Blog on May 22nd 2008
We remain completely committed to reducing death on the roads in North Wales and this Spring has seen a number of terrible collisions on our roads. We continue to work with our partners to help educate drivers and riders, look to improvements in engineering and to enforce the law in order to make our roads safer. Our approach to enforcement is targeted on offences that are most likely to lead to deaths or serious injuries – the “Fatal Five”; speeding; etc
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MASS SURVEILLANCE HITS MANCHESTER
Practically every car that drives into Manchester is being photographed by a new network of police cameras, it has emerged. After London, the northern city is the first to use Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Cameras in this way and it is estimated 600,000 motorists a day are being snapped by the new technology.When drivers use 12 major routes to enter the city their number plates,car colour & time are recorded & the Police will be storing the information for five years to fight terrorism, crime and car theft.
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2,115 SPEEDING TICKETS OVERTURNED
An investigation has found that over 2,000 motorists were wrongly accused of speeding after a speed camera was allegedly wrongly set up and paperwork incorrectly processed, it has been reported. It is understood that three members of Lancashire police staff, a speed camera operator and two processing unit staff are now facing disciplinary action over the incident.The Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation found that 2,115 tickets had to be cancelled and 545 convictions overturned £35,000 is being refunded.
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Keeping children safe
A scheme, which aims to quickly re-unite children separated from their parents, has been launched in Llandudno and Colwyn Bay today (Monday 19th May).
Funded by the local Community Safety Partnership, the Conwy Child Safe scheme allows parents to obtain a free wristband from Boots, Mothercare, Early Learing Centre and Adams in the Victoria Centre and from Argos and Dorothy and Dorothy Perkins at the Bay View Centre, Colwyn Bay.The wristbands allow parents to write their mobile number on them, so if their children go astray, a phone call can reunite them.
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Helicopter speed camera abuse
A FORMER police advanced motorcycle instructor who fought for 13 months to prove his innocence over a speeding charge has had his case thrown out. North Wales Police are now investigating a complaint by furious Bob McMillan after he claimed the case should never have gone to court.Mr McMillan, a Prince Michael Award holder for a motorbike safety, claimed the helicopter video had been edited, was focused on another unknown sole rider travelling in the opposite direction, and at no point showed the three riders speeding.
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CAR TAX CHANGES
The proposed CAR TAX CHANGES are A TICKING TIMEBOMB.
The Tories believe 3.7m people will lose £90 under new car tax rules. An overhaul of the car tax system that would see spiralling costs for drivers of the most polluting cars is a ‘ticking timebomb’, the government has been warned.These policies are primarily stealth taxes attempting to fill the bottomless pit of government waste in every sphere of public service and services.
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Quangos
Quangos. The Unseen Government of the UK,
When the total number of quangos is added to the other government subsidiaries such as local authorities and NHS trusts, the total number of organisations controlled by the UK Government rises to 2,063, costing the taxpayer £257 billion and employing over 5.1 million people.Government in the UK is now so large, diverse and complex that it is impossible for anyone to manage effectively, let alone Ministers with no prior experience of management.
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Rubbish from North Wales sent all over world.
RUBBISH which North Wales people are told to leave by the kerb for recycling is being packed in ships and sent halfway across the globe.Politicians last night condemned what they consider the wasteful and environmentally unfriendly method of sending rubbish to India, China, Brazil and other countries to be recycled.
we include this story from the Daily Post on our website because we really need in depth reporting by the press to tell us what is going on, we congratulate the Post and Tom Bodden on this article.
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Young Drivers adult's responsibility
How to make novice drivers crash … By Stephen Haley
There are some reckless young tearaways on our roads for whom there is no excuse. Many of them cast their mayhem wider into a criminal lifestyle. Fortunately they are few. Through honest eyes, the main reasons for the carnage among novice drivers are rooted in what adults do. We deny youngsters healthy encounters with risk, give them a distorted picture of adulthood, and withhold skills we know they need to have. In our nurturing of future generations, this is simple neglect.
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AUTO DRINK DRIVE BAN TO BE SCRAPPED?
Drink drivers would not automatically be banned under new proposals to lower the alcohol limit to less than a pint of beer. The Government is planning to change the law to a ‘two strikes and you’re out’ system to prevent too many people automatically losing their licenses.It would mean those just over the new limit would get six points instead of a ban.the lack of traffic patrols, particularly during licensed premises’ closing times, is allowing an increase in incidents of serious drinking and driving to avoid detection.
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The loneliness of the long distance bushwacker
This is the view from the side window of the parked AA van. The mustachioed operator has parked fully on the new footpath and sat in the afternoon sun. This section of the A5025 just above city Dulas was an accident black spot due to flooding, it has had drains installed and a good resurface. They deliberately extended the 40 limit well into the overtaking zone. Any vehicle approaching the limit signs from either direction is very likely to accelerate early or brake late.
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INVENTOR EXPOSES SPEED CAMERA SCAM
ESTABLISHMENT TRY TO STOP INVENTOR FROM EXPOSING SPEED CAMERA SCAM From Idris Francis 25/05/2005 …. updated march 2008
David Edgar (of NOTSO) arrested. David Edgar, an inventor, has established that GATSO speed cameras are unreliable because of unacceptable (and adjustable!) variations in the time between the two flashes and photographs.Two West Midlands police officers, their identity is unknown, kicked down the front door of David Edgar's home whilst he was recovering from a heart attack and then handcuffed him.
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Florida Highway Patrol
Code of Ethics. As a member of the Florida Highway Patrol, my fundamental duty is to serve humankind and to safeguard lives and property. To protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation, and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the Constitutional Rights of all people to liberty, equality and justice. I recognise the badge of my office as a symbol of public faith, and I accept it as a public trust to be held so long as I am true to the ethics of the police service
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