Community SpeedWatch recruitment

Agreed on 17 April 2025. Updated on 5 July 2025

Speeding continues to be a priority. Your local Neighbourhood officers and are regularly conducting high-visibility speeding checks throughout the villages around Frome. The aim is to deter speeding through the residential areas and to educate repeat offenders.

The Neighbourhood Team work closely with the Community SpeedWatch groups who conduct regular speeding checks in their community.

How SpeedWatch works

A Community SpeedWatch can be set up in any village, small town, or urban area, governed by either a 20, 30 or 40 miles per hour speed limit.

A team of local residents who are willing to volunteer a small amount of time each week are trained and issued with speed detection equipment to monitor speeds.

Vehicles observed speeding will be sent a warning letter along with advice to help change their driving behaviour.

Further action will be taken by the police against persistent and high end speed offenders as well as targeting individual locations.

Join Community SpeedWatch

To find out if there is a Community SpeedWatch Scheme in your area, or request to set one up, email CommunitySpeedWatch@avonandsomerset.police.uk.

Actions

5 July 2025

Further information on community speed watch can be viewed here –

Please follow the link below, which will take you to the CSW web page where you can find out how to join and lots more.

https://communityspeedwatch.org/FRONT-v2-Register.php

Visits have been made to Berkley and Rode where checks were made on vehicles .
27 June 2025

Further information on community speed watch can be viewed here –

Please follow the link below, which will take you to the CSW web page where you can find out how to join and lots more.

https://communityspeedwatch.org/FRONT-v2-Register.php
12 June 2025

Further information on community speed watch can be viewed here –

Please follow the link below, which will take you to the CSW web page where you can find out how to join and lots more.

https://communityspeedwatch.org/FRONT-v2-Register.php
15 May 2025

Community SpeedWatch can make a difference, and the presence of the SpeedWatch Volunteers will enable motorists to see that driving speeds are being monitored. This data will then be collated and provides the appropriate evidence for Speed Enforcement Units to attend the problematic locations.

To find out if there is a Community SpeedWatch Scheme in your area, or request to set one up, email: CommunitySpeedWatch@avonandsomerset.police.uk.
23 April 2025

Join Community SpeedWatch

To find out if there is a Community SpeedWatch Scheme in your area, or request to set one up, email CommunitySpeedWatch@avonandsomerset.police.uk.
17 April 2025

We are actively trying to recruit new teams of volunteers so if you are interested in making a difference in your community please get in contact Community SpeedWatch The Scheme
17 April 2025

Subject:

Join the Free Speed Watch Scheme

The Speed Watch scheme is still open for new participants and is completely free to join. This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance the safety of your village, and I would be delighted to assist in this endeavour.
12 February 2025

The Frome neighbourhood PCSO’s have conducted several visits to those persons who are ‘Repeat Offenders’ and have received multiple Community SpeedWatch letters. The aim of these visits are to deliver key road safety messages to road users to assist with coping strategies and create safe behavioural driving habits