VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR CRANBROOK COMMUNITY SPEED WATCH

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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 3:28pm

By East Devon Radio News

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Ottery St Mary Police are currently looking to recruit volunteers to join our established scheme in Cranbrook. If you can spare a few hours a month please contact PCSO Jonathan Sims via email 30384@dc.police.uk.

Community speed watch 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. 

Ottery St Mary Police are currently looking to recruit volunteers to join our established scheme in Cranbrook. If you can spare a few hours a month please contact PCSO Jonathan Sims via email 30384@dc.police.uk. 

For further information on the national scheme please visit
https://www.communityspeedwatch.org/

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