Anti-social behaviour and parking top the polls again
Tuesday, 9th December 2014.
Nearly 50 members of the public voted on the latest set of police priorities in Haverhill at a public forum of the town's Safer Neighbourhood Team on Monday.
More than 20 in the hall at the Arts Centre last night joined with 25 following live streaming on-line to vote in three new priorities.
Topping the poll was dealing with anti-social behaviour and drug-taking at a variety of sites in the town, including the Recreation Ground, the Aeroplane Park, Parsonage Gardens, Moat Walk and the former Castle Hill School site.
Next was a perennial favourite, dealing with inconsiderate and illegal parking in a variety of locations in the town, although, for once, High Street was not included.
Residents had heard that since PCSO Kayla Packman had been tasked eight weeks ago with patrolling the high street specifically, she had issued 530 tickets.
This had had some limited effect in the parking bays outside Smiths if not elsewhere, but many were being issued to repeat offenders who showed no sign of changing their behaviour.
But residents clearly felt they needed to give the initiative a chance to work, and directed police to other areas, including Duddery Hill, Hamlet Road, Elmhurst Close, School Lane, Castle Avenue, Colbeck Road and Hales Barn Road.
The third priority voted in was concerned with a clampdown on antisocial behaviour during the festive period, with high visibility patrols to reassure the public and deter criminals, and to deal with revellers who had over-indulged.
Among suggested priorities did not achieve enough votes were addressing the recent spates of arson attacks on wheelie bins, and burglary of sheds and outbuildings, both of which had been put forward by the police themselves.
More than 20 in the hall at the Arts Centre last night joined with 25 following live streaming on-line to vote in three new priorities.
Topping the poll was dealing with anti-social behaviour and drug-taking at a variety of sites in the town, including the Recreation Ground, the Aeroplane Park, Parsonage Gardens, Moat Walk and the former Castle Hill School site.
Next was a perennial favourite, dealing with inconsiderate and illegal parking in a variety of locations in the town, although, for once, High Street was not included.
Residents had heard that since PCSO Kayla Packman had been tasked eight weeks ago with patrolling the high street specifically, she had issued 530 tickets.
This had had some limited effect in the parking bays outside Smiths if not elsewhere, but many were being issued to repeat offenders who showed no sign of changing their behaviour.
But residents clearly felt they needed to give the initiative a chance to work, and directed police to other areas, including Duddery Hill, Hamlet Road, Elmhurst Close, School Lane, Castle Avenue, Colbeck Road and Hales Barn Road.
The third priority voted in was concerned with a clampdown on antisocial behaviour during the festive period, with high visibility patrols to reassure the public and deter criminals, and to deal with revellers who had over-indulged.
Among suggested priorities did not achieve enough votes were addressing the recent spates of arson attacks on wheelie bins, and burglary of sheds and outbuildings, both of which had been put forward by the police themselves.
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