Wortwell Parish Council, in liaison with Norfolk Police, intends to set up a Community Speed Watch and is looking for village volunteers to come forward to make this happen.
Community Speed Watch is a community operated initiative designed to allow volunteers to officially monitor and report to the Police details of speeding vehicles in areas of concern to the community. Community Speed Watch is not enforcement.
The initiative allows members of the community to address speeding issues by becoming actively involved in road safety, using speed detection equipment to monitor speeds from safe locations. The aim is NOT to catch as many speeding drivers as possible but to raise awareness that excessive speeds are socially unacceptable. We aim to reduce speed in areas of concern and address issues from our community by raising awareness.
To set up a scheme:
- We must have a minimum of 6 volunteers.
- All the volunteers must be over 18 years old.
- The scheme must have a Co-ordinator (who will be the point of contact for the team) and where possible a Deputy.
- Volunteers will have to sign a Community Speed Watch
agreement and be vetted. - Equipment will be provided by the Constabulary
- Training will be provided on using the equipment and on Health and Safety issues.
- Volunteers will be covered by the Constabulary’s insurance.
- Locations chosen will assessed by the Constabulary.
If you are interested in volunteering and/or to discuss moving forward in setting up the Community Speed Watch scheme, please contact Samantha Homewood at
[email protected]
