Community
Speed Watch Neighbourhood
Meeting.
What is the
Community Speed Watch all about? Does it mean parishioners are doing the
job of the Police? Would you like to play your part in slowing down traffic
legally! Could this project encourage the wrong type of people ie upset
neighbours? What about insurance, public liability? These are some of the
questions that I have been asked on the Speed Watch scheme, questions that
I will be taking forward to an open meeting on Feb 20th at
7.30pm at the Methodist Hall. Attending the meeting will be Police
representatives to address the issues raised. The Neighbourhood Watch
Scheme is another issue to be discussed and new members welcomed. The
Parish Council has not committed itself to this scheme but would like to
encourage all those interested to attend this meeting so the council can
gauge if it should support this scheme. This scheme is not dependant on
the parish council but those within the parish wishing to commit themselves
to it.
A
brief outline of the aim of
the Community Speed Watch Scheme (CSW).
To address the problem of perceived danger caused by speed related offending in partnership with the community
How will the
police do this? (The first of 13 points not included)
1. Community
Speed Watch Schemes aim to share the responsibility for addressing speed
related offending between the community, the police and other agencies.
Schemes will consist of active local members of the local community joining
together to monitor speed at selected locations with speed monitoring
equipment. Volunteers will receive the appropriate training supported by
local Beat Managers, Police Community Support Officers, Special Constables
and the Road Policing Unit.
Number of
Volunteers minimum of 6 over the age of 18years.
1 hour per week
and max 5hrs per day!
Response from
Community Speed Watch volunteer in Somerset,.
I hope this scheme will keep going because it seems to have started to work, with the traffic at busiest times now driving more slowly.
