Police climb down on speed gun ban
April 25, 2006 7:47 PM
The Chief Constable of Staffordshire has overturned his force's previous ban on the use of speed guns by Community Speedwatch groups, following a campaign supported by Stafford Borough Councillor, Barry Stamp
The excellent work being carried out by Community Speedwatch volunteers throughout the county looked set to be stopped after they received an instruction from Staffordshire Police that the speed gun they used was now banned by Ofcom.
Barry Stamp was appalled by this news and, with the help of members of the the Haughton group, he set about a major press campaign to get the ruling overturned. He also wrote directly to Ofcom insisting they reconsider their stance.
Following reports in a number of local papers the issue was taken up by BBC Midlands TV and it was during the filming of an item for Midland To-day yesterday, that news came through that the Chief Constable had decided to over-turn the ban and allow the speed guns to be used again!
"Road safety in local communities such as Haughton and Gnosall has improved because of the hard work of the Community Speedwatch volunteers. The decision to ban the use of their speed detection devices would have pulled the rug from under their efforts. Once again community action got the decision reversed," said Barry Stamp.
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