 POLICE chief Richard Brunstrom's passion for catching speeding motorists was dealt a blow when a vandal hacked down one of his network of cameras. North Wales Police launched an investigation after a camera and laser device was sawn off a metal pole in Mynydd Isa, near Mold. Officers cannot rule out the attack being the first action in North Wales by Mad (Motorists Against Detection). The camera attacked was positioned near The Griffin public house in Mynydd Isa. Police said the vandal used an angle grinder or a chainsaw to remove the camera between midnight and 1am on Saturday. A spokesman for Arrive Alive, the North Wales Road Casualty Reduction Partnership, said only the metal pole remained but the equipment had not been damaged. He said: "The reason for siting the camera in this location is to save lives. This act of vandalism puts lives at risk." Mr Brunstrom has made a priority of catching drivers who break the speed limit. Drivers have to slow down even more - or risk fines and penalty points. Previously they were not prosecuted unless they were travelling at 38mph in a 30mph limit, but the threshold is now 35 mph. Mad has a direct action anti-speed camera campaign. The anonymous group has been behind recent attacks on Gatso speed cameras under a slogan of "Fleecing, not policing! " | 
