Hello! 

We are from Derbyshire Police’s Community Speed Watch, a scheme that enables groups of trained community volunteers to directly contribute to reducing the problem of speeding vehicles on local roads. Your community has recently formed a new scheme working in Holmewood and are looking to attract more volunteers. Can you help?

 How does it work?

· Groups of trained volunteers conduct high visibility speed checks at approved locations

· Details of speeding vehicles are then forwarded to the CSW Team who verify the details and enter them onto a central database

· The registered owner is then sent an advisory/warning letter notifying them that they have been recorded speeding and that their details will be held pending any further incidents of them exceeding the speed limit

· This can include a personal visit by a Police Officer to deliver the letter dependent upon the circumstances.

Benefits

· Deters incidence of speeding at the location and immediate area at the time of sessions taking place

· Enables advisory/warning letters to be sent to those recorded as speeding

· Provides direct evidence of a speeding problem that can be utilised by police enforcement and other agencies

· Provides an opportunity for local communities to take a direct and positive stand against speeding

· Due to it being volunteer lead, the scheme provides the clearest sign that the community is no longer willing to tolerate speeding

· Directly contributes towards speeding becoming socially unacceptable 

If you are interested in joining, please contact us:

 admincsw@derbyshire.police.uk 

or visit  www.derbyshire.police.uk/communityspeedwatch for more information.