188:, said that the controversy surrounding him overshadowed the work of the police. However, public perception of the North Wales police did not worsen when Brunstrom was mentioned. Brunstrom apologised to Gibney's family and admitted making a mistake he regretted. He said that he would if given the choice use the photograph again, but would approach the family first.
138:'s head of road policing policy. In North Wales, Brunstrom's "Arrive Alive" campaign against speeding drivers captured record numbers of speeding drivers. He personally supervised the crushing of two cars as part of his force's campaign against 'boy racers'. He said that the campaign had been successful in saving lives. The
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being trialed in rural areas of North Wales, Brunstrom volunteered to be tasered by his fellow officers. Video footage of the event was posted on the force's website; Brunstrom was tasered for 1.5 seconds, and swore as he lost control of his body. Afterwards he described the event as "Not pleasant"
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Wanting to get in to North Wales Police headquarters to work at a weekend, and finding that his key fob did not work, Brunstrom broke in to his headquarters, scaling scaffolding attached to the building and climbing through a window. It was initially claimed that this was a stunt to expose lax
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British Criminology Conference. Speeding, the Chief Constable and Trust in North Wales Police. Iain Dalton, Victoria M.L. Jones, Stefan Machura, Henry Ngaihte, Thomas P. Norton, Maria Pritchard. Bangor University.ISSN 1759-0043; Vol. 9: 92-110
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The impact of value based decision making on policing in North Wales. Final Report/Adroddiad
Terfynol April 2012/Ebrill 2012. Martina Feilzer and Jessica Trew. School of Social Sciences/Ysgol Gwyddorau Cymdeithas Bangor University/Prifysgol Bangor.
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Top Gear star drives car at boss cop. POLICE chiefs last night branded BBC Top Gear's latest attempt to ridicule chief constable
Richard Brunstrom "tasteless" and "puerile." North Wales Daily Post. 26 MAY 2004, updated, 20 April 2013
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in an accident in 2003. Brunstrom had photographs of Gibney's decapitated body inserted after an earlier draft of the presentation was not "gruesome" enough. He was investigated by the
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