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Richard Brunstrom set to retire

Steve Farrell, 06 May 2009 13:40

Controversial police chief Richard Brunstrom is to retire this summer. A North Wales Police spokesman said: "Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom has announced his intention to retire from North Wales Police in July, concluding over nine years with the force and 30 years’ policing service." Brunstrom is disliked by motorcyclists for his force’s zero tolerance approach to riders who stray onto ...

Brunstrom on Radio 2

Anonymous, 10 February 2009 11:58

As I write this the bikers best mate and North Wales Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom is co presenting Jeremy Vine's Radio 2 lunchtime show. Why? You would think that he has far more important things to do like harass motorcyclists. Maybe as he's coming up for retirement he is looking for a new job. Appealing to Daily Mail reader's "shootings too good ...

Three questions for Brunstrom on BBC Radio 2

Steve Farrell, 10 February 2009 11:50

Controversial top cop Richard Brunstrom is to co-host The Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 from 12pm today. The North Wales Chief Constable has a history of treating motorcyclists with zero tolerance and using his online blog to launch attacks on us. He once wrote: ‘Anyone who ventures onto the roads of the UK will be aware of the ...

Road deaths up for Brunstrom – again

Steve Farrell, 15 September 2008 09:38

Deaths have doubled on the roads of controversial police chief Richard Brunstrom, nicknamed the Mad Mullah of speed cameras. Figures just released on North Wales Police’s website show 17 people lost their lives on the region’s roads in the year to August compared to nine the previous year. It’s the eighth month in a row the force has reported a ...

Richard Brunstrom hits out at off-road riders

Steve Farrell, 09 September 2008 17:26

Police chief Richard Brunstrom has defended taking a helicopter trip over Snowdonia by saying he needed to see the damage done by off-road motorcycling. The controversial North Wales chief constable, 53, had faced criticism for wasting money on the trip but he claimed it was necessary to appreciate “the damage caused by off-road motorcycling on the hills”. He has posted ...

Richard Brunstrom to go next year

Steve Farrell, 13 August 2008 14:17

Controversial chief constable Richard Brunstrom has announced his intention to retire by Christmas next year. The head of North Wales Police, who has publicly attacked motorcyclists in his online blog and showed pictures of a decapitated rider at a press conference, said he would then “disappear” from public life. Brunstrom is loathed by motorcyclists for his force’s zero tolerance approach ...

Brunstrom was always the same

Anonymous, 12 June 2008 01:29

I had the misfortune to serve with Brunstrom (or Brainstorm as he was affectionately known) when he joined the police as a graduate entry. I believe his degree was in Zoology (very handy) and he was fast-tracked to high office. As an officer on the streets he was regarded as a liability, woefully lacking in common sense and he was ...

Richard Brunstrom snubs chance to apologise over “offensive remarks”

Steve Farrell, 14 May 2008 16:08

Police chief Richard Brunstrom has snubbed the chance to avoid action against him by the North Wales Police Authority. Richard Brunstrom shows pictures of headless motorcyclist Brunstrom needed only apologise to a member of the public whom the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) ruled had a case to complain over alleged “offensive remarks” by the police chief. But the notorious ...

Brunstrom in hot water again over ‘offensive remarks’ made to member of the public

Steve Farrell, 21 February 2008 15:19

North Wales chief constable Richard Brunstrom is in hot water with the Independent Police Complaints Commission again – this time over ‘offensive remarks’ made to a member of the public. The IPCC has instructed the North Wales Police Authority to take action over comments made by Brunstrom to Idris Francis, who spent years challenging a speeding case on a point ...

Richard Brunstrom’s strange claims

Steve Farrell, 19 February 2008 10:57

North Wales top police officer Richard Brunstrom makes a series of road safety claims that seem to contradict Government evidence in his latest blog rant. Richard Brunstrom gets tasered Brunstrom claims ‘speeding, drink driving and failure to wear seat belts’ are the ‘biggest cause of death’ on the roads. He refers to people who disagree with his ‘evidence’ as ‘flat earthers’. In ...