Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Thank you to those of you who called in to report a vehicle for possibly being linked to drink driving in
St Neots.

Even more shockingly, when that car stopped, a child was seen getting out together with the driver.

We stopped that very same car on Sunday and the driver, a woman in her 50s from St Neots, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and child cruelty/neglect. 

She provided a roadside breath test reading of 151 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

In an evidential breath test taken at the station, she gave a reading of 130 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml breath.

Investigations continue and our Child Abuse Investigation and Safeguarding Unit (CAISU) team in the south are working to safeguard the child involved. 

Do you have concerns about a child? You don’t have to be sure, but one call or report could change or even save a life.

For more information and advice including how to report concerns about a child, visit the force’s dedicated child protection web pages.

You can report suspected drink drivers any time of day or night by calling our dedicated, confidential hotline on 0800 032 0845.

When you need to contact the police, it can often be a distressing time, and with a range of different contact methods available to you, it might not be clear which one you should choose.
This is why we want to educate our community about contacting us. It is important that our residents understand when to call us, when it’s better to go online, and when you should contact a different authority altogether.
We have put together a ‘Contact us’ guide, which can be accessed any time via the Constabulary’s website. The guide breaks down each method of contact so you can learn about how and when to use our phone lines and online services. Click into each section for further information and advice.
We believe that gaining a better understanding of our contact methods (and when to use each one) will ensure that should you require the police, you will know where to turn to receive the appropriate help. Not only that, but we also help that it will alleviate unnecessary pressure on our call handlers, who often receive misplaced / inappropriate calls.