Friday 9th May 2025

Sussex Alerts - Community Speedwatch are recruiting new volunteers in your area

Your Community Speedwatch needs you!

We specifically need volunteer operators a few hours a week in the following areas where we have identified complaints around speed – Eastbourne and Hailsham. 

For further details contact Steve O’Connell at the Sussex Police Road Safety Team for further details, by emailing csw@sussex.police.uk or visiting www.communityspeedwatch.org direct.

Community Speedwatch is a national initiative where proactive members of local communities join with the support and supervision of their local police to record details of speeding vehicles using approved detection devices.  

Registered keepers of vehicles exceeding the speed limit are contacted - initially with a letter explaining the potential risks and consequences of their dangerous behaviour. 

Repeat offenders will receive a visit from the local police, irrespective of where they live. Beyond these friendly gestures, focused enforcement and criminal prosecution follow based on the collated evidence. 

This is a vital role in helping to reduce anti-social driving & helps to prevent death & injury on our roads.

The aim of CSW is to:

-reduce death and injury on the roads

-improve the quality of life for local communities

-reduce the speed of vehicles to the speed limit

-increase public awareness of inappropriate speed

CSW Online works on behalf of the Police and communities to organise and coordinate CSW activity, and all volunteers will receive training and ongoing support from the Sussex Police Road Safety Team.

We continue to thank all of our existing community volunteers for their valued work in keeping the roads of Sussex safe.