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10 Feb 2012
SID gives police inside information on speeding motorists
Police in Broken Cross are using
SID
to tackle speeding on one of
the area’s roads.
The Speed
Indication Device (
SID
) was placed on
Victoria Road in Macclesfield for a month to
record data on speeding in the area.
The device, which records how many cars went above the speed
limit in that period has shown speeding is a
problem on the road.
PCSO
Gary
Barnes said:
As a result of the information we gathered we will be focussing
on Victoria Road in terms of patrolling the area and using the
speed gun to catch those breaking the speed limit.
- PCSO Gary Barnes, Broken Cross Neighbourhood Policing
Team
Patrols will be in the area at various times over the next few
months.
Another issue the Broken Cross
Neighbourhood Policing Team is focussing on is anti-social
behaviour on the Upton Priory Estate.
The problem usually occurs on the estate, near the shops on
Westmoorland Close in the evenings between 6pm and 10pm.
To combat this, local
PCSO
Gary Barnes has been
working with housing landlords such as Peaks & Plains as well
as the council.
PCSO Barnes is also speaking with the young people and
their parents and agreeing acceptable behaviour
contracts.
The number of incidents reported in recent weeks has already
reduced. However one person continues to be a problem and further
action is being considered against them.
