Richard Brunstrom set to retire

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 his roads and sneaky tactics such hiding a speed trap in a horsebox.

In 2007 he showed pictures of a headless biker at a press conference without the family’s permission.

He has also used his online blog to launch attacks on us, once writing: ‘Anyone who ventures onto the roads of the UK will be aware of the quite dreadful driving exhibited by so many motorcyclists.’