Join Community Speedwatch today!

Join Community Speedwatch today!

Hi everyone,

Hope you all are keeping safe and well.

Please read the following message, which mainly applies to residents living around Dracan Village.

Funding CSW will not be a problem however we are looking for a responsible co-ordinator plus volunteers to help :-

We are from Derbyshire Police’s Community Speedwatch, 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 an active scheme working in your area but are now looking to attract more volunteers. Can you help?

How does it work?

Groups of trained volunteers carry out 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

I have been out this morning with the Coton-in-the-Elms CSW, supporting residents request of slowing traffic.

Between 8.30 - 9.30am , there was 126 recorded cars travelling through Church Street and of those drivers, six will be receiving advisory letters.

Thank you again for your attention and please send an email to the above if you are interested.

THIS ISNT ABOUT CATCHING DRIVERS OUT, ITS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBOURS AND SLOWING TRAFFIC BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT.

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Andrea Thompson
(Derbyshire Constabulary, PCSO, Derby South)