A senior police officer is warning that the billions of pounds spent on CCTV cameras has failed to have a significant impact on crime. Mick Neville, the head of the Visual Images, Identifications and Detection Office at the Met Police said that "no thought has gone into how the police are going to use the images and how they will be used in court."
Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable officially opened the party's campaign headquarters in Crewe today, with campaigning for the Crewe and Nantwich by-election now fully underway. Dr Cable appeared alongside the Liberal Democrat candidate Elizabeth Shenton for a series of media interviews. Ms Shenton, selected by a ballot of party members in the constituency, has pledged to build on her successful record as a local councillor and work to cut crime, improve schools and protect the environment if elected for Crewe and Nantwich on May 22nd.
At the Council Meeting on 8th April David Chappell called on the Council to set up a small 'ring fenced fund' to promote savings on energy costs that would both save the Council money and reduce our carbon footprint.
When residents of Crawford Road and Merridale Crescent complained to Cllr Robin Lawrence that the footpaths along their roads were in a poor state he took action to get them included in the footpath repair programme. An edition of Focus was able to report that he had succeeded and work would commence in April. And it did. The entire footpath has been dug up and resurfaced with smooth asphalt.
Mike wrote on May 5th to the Wilts and Glos Standard "News that people in the north of Wiltshire will again be able to go inside the Malmesbury and Cricklade police stations (Wilts and Glos Standard, 1 May) is very welcome. I congratulate Brian Moore, Wiltshire's New Chief Constable, for reversing the unpopular and counter-productive decision of his predecessor.
Mike wrote on May 5th to the Wilts and Glos Standard "News that people in the north of Wiltshire will again be able to go inside the Malmesbury and Cricklade police stations (Wilts and Glos Standard, 1 May) is very welcome. I congratulate Brian Moore, Wiltshire's New Chief Constable, for reversing the unpopular and counter-productive decision of his predecessor.
