LETTER: Police vehicles parking on double yellow lines
Dear Editor,
Two police vehicles were parked on double yellow lines outside Crewe Police Station on Thursday morning.
I emailed the Chief Constable to ask for a response.
Dear Editor,
Two police vehicles were parked on double yellow lines outside Crewe Police Station on Thursday morning.
I emailed the Chief Constable to ask for a response.
Police say they are boosting presence significantly in Crewe and Nantwich tomorrow ahead of the Crewe Alex v Wrexham match.
They say “additional measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of all those attending”.
Armed police and dog teams were seen raiding a house in Nantwich amid dramatic scenes last night.
It happened on Davenport Avenue at around 9pm when police cordoned off the road at the Barony Park end and Manor Road end.
Thousands of South Cheshire residents woke up to a blanket of snow today as the first chill of Winter hit the region.
Although not as hard hit as other areas of England, the area has experienced sub zero temperatures for several days.
Volunteer police officers in Cheshire are being given the option to be equipped with Tasers.
Cheshire Police is set to become the first Home Office police force in the North West to equip its volunteer officers with the weapons.
Police officers in Nantwich have been given more powers to stop and search anyone they suspect of carrying a weapon, it emerged today.
It follows a number of incidents over the past week of threats and criminal damage in the town, mainly involving youths.
Police are probing an apparent hit and run incident which has left a man with serious head injuries.
The incident happened last night on London Road in Nantwich, close to the junction with Jackson Avenue.
Police say they are on the hunt for young yobs who have terrorised families on Nantwich town square over the past few weeks.
But officers say they need more people to lodge official reports to provide more evidence.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Some police officers quit after 12 months because they don’t realise the job involves working nights or dealing with dead bodies, a Cheshire police boss said.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer said he wasn’t aware of it happening locally, but he had been told that was the case by other forces.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nantwich residents will see a 6.4% hike in the police precept after an attempt to veto the rise and replace it with a 5% increase failed.
This means residents living in a band D property will see an extra £15 for the year added to the policing element of their council tax bill.
Two Cheshire Police officers have secured life-saving defibrillators to be kept in their policing vehicle.
The machines were bought via the Police Innovation Fund launched by Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer.
People in Cheshire who have firearms are being urged to hand them in to police as part of a two-week surrender.
The firearms amnesty, from May 12-29, means all guns can be handed over anonymously at police stations throughout Cheshire.
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