Community Speedwatch in the Hope Valley

Community Speedwatch in the Hope Valley

This morning we were out early on and joined the Bamford Speedwatch Team who thankfully recorded only a few vehicles driving at excessive speed along Main Rd, Bamford. We also have a team in Castleton who do a great job aswell. 

Speeding remains a concern for many residents and local volunteers play an important role in helping to address it.

Derbyshire Police’s Community Speed Watch scheme enables trained volunteers to work together to monitor speeds and encourage safer driving. ​Bamford ​has a successful and active group, but are always seeking additional volunteers to join the team.

If you are interested in helping to make your community a safer place, please consider getting involved.

 How does it work?

 Groups of trained volunteers conduct 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  

If you are interested in joining or would like to know more, please contact us at admincsw@derbyshire.police.uk or call us on 0300 122 8217

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

Thanks