Join Community Speedwatch today!

Join Community Speedwatch today!

Hello!

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 is looking to set up a new speed watch group in your area and are looking to attract 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.

Your involvement

Full training provided

No minimum commitment (flexible volunteering)

Work in pairs or small teams

Fully supported by police and local authority

“This isn’t about catching drivers out; it’s about protecting our neighbours and slowing traffic before someone gets hurt.”

If you are interested in joining please contact us:

admincsw@derbyshire.police.uk

For more information please visit www.derbyshire.police.uk/communityspeedwatch

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Debbie Turner
(Derbyshire Constabulary, Co-ordinator, Force - CSW)