This web page is dedicated to the millions affected by anti-social behaviour.
15 years experience has gone into the information below and has worked for our community.
There is help available but it takes some pushing to take action but you can do that
ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR - WHAT CAN BE DONE.
Anti-social behaviour is widespread and distressing, but what can be done about it?
The worst feeling is that of being alone with no support.
Here is what worked for us.
The first thing to do is form a Neighbourhood Watch Group.
Ring your local police station and ask to speak to the Neighbourhood Watch Liaison Officer. He or she will make the arrangements and supply you with helpful material.
Then enroll as many of your neighbours as will join, they will get a discount on their home insurance with most companies.
Appoint a Co-ordinator and Link Persons to report from and deliver to each street. Our Co-ordinator and Link Persons are all pensioners.
Now you will have support from the Neighbourhood Watch local representative as well as the Borough and County and National Associations.
The Liaison Officer will take your messages and pass them on to the right people to deal with your problem and will also send messages about criminal activity locally by 'phone and email.
Your local council will have a Crime Reduction Unit, although it might go under another name, a member of it will be an Unsocial Behaviour Investigator , whose 'phone number may be obtained.
Your local PCSO and County Council Warden can be very helpful, obtain the 'phone number and email address of both of them. They will often help when the police do not attend and will speak to the parents of kids involved.
We also developed a contact with a very large PC who would fill the doorway of any miscreant for tea and biscuits but he would have done it for us anyway.
Provide tea and biscuits for every official visitor , they are worth their weight in gold. You have got the people sat down and listening to your problem for at least 15 minutes.
Get your local councillor's number, ours was great.
We issue a quarterly newsletter telling members of criminal activity and dodgy sellers and tradesmen operating in the area as well as instruction of what to do and who to ring in given situations.
The photocopying is provided at a discount by the local Council Volunteer Bureau but often by local companies, even if they did not know they were. We also asked for donations of £1 per year and received sponsorship from local companies and traders.
Our antisocial behaviour was caused by gangs of youths and of kids. Wine bottles were thrown into gardens and one occasion shots were fired. In addition there was petty theft, damage and intimidation.
A call to the Liaison Officer resulted in patrol cars arriving catching them in the act. The PCSO, the Warden and the large PC all made calls on parents with good effect.
We also had kids kicking footballs at elderly peoples' front windows.
We produced a leaflet called - Games in the Street - do not suffer in silence. This produced uproar - we were reported to the police and the local press who rang me and printed a sympathic article.There was also a lot of support.
A national newspaper published a letter describing the action taken and mentioning the leaflet(Daily Mail 4 May 2005). We then had calls from all over the UK requesting the leaflet as well as request to attend a meeting 30 miles away. The one I sent out is re-produced below.
We were asked to report every incident and advise you to do the same. The victims were given diaries and CCTV is available, but are useless if not acted upon, follow up.
Do not confront the perpetrators - take details of them and report it, the better the details - the better the help.Do not get involved. The slightest push will be reported to the police even if the kids have a record of anti-social behaviour a yard long.
Obtain police authorisation before taking photographs.
The police and other agencies take more notice of a Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator they know than an unknown member of the public.
If you do report and very little happens, do not give up, report the next incident. Be persistent.
Tell them that "These people are terrified or having their lives ruined or are vulnerable."
Finally, stick together on this, it is hopeless on your own.
Ron and Hazel Bartlett/ former Co-Ordinators
Neighbourhood Watch
Beach Estate, Dymchurch, Kent
This page is purely to help improve peoples' lives - no cash involved!
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SUMMARY OF CONTACTS Email Phone
NhW Liaison Officer
Nhw PC
Nhw Sargeant
PCSO
County Warden
Local Paper
Local Councillor
Voluteer Bureau
NhW Co-ordinator
Link Persons
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Have managed to find the Ball Games in the Street leaflet I did for others:
………………………… NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
…………… 2005
Dear Neighbours,
GAMES IN THE STREET - DO NOT SUFFER IN SILENCE
We have had several complaints from residents about games being played in the street and balls being kicked into gardens. This causes stress to peace-loving folk particularly the elderly. The police have been informed but request that we distribute a notice prior to any action.
Please note that it is an offence to play games on a thoroughfare, namely a road connecting two other roads as they almost all are on ……………………. It is also downright dangerous, there have been near misses.
Entering peoples gardens without permission is trespass which is a civil matter but damage done constitutes an offence under the Criminal Damage Act which makes it a matter for the police. Trespassers may be asked to leave and if they refuse can be removed using reasonable force, however the force required to remove Martin Johnson would get you in real trouble if used on an 8 year old girl!!
“Games in restricted/inappropriate areas” is included in a list of anti-social behaviour , as issued by the (Council)..Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership, working with the Police and other agencies.
………….. is the Anti-Social Behaviour Investigator and asks that all instances of ASB be reported to him, his number is …………… but I shall pass on any reports from yourselves.
We can also introduce the PCSO and(Town or Village) Community Warden who will also be of great assistance to us with such problems, The PCSO is …………… and his mobile number is ……………….. The Warden is.................... his number is.............
A notice at a zoo near Perth WA says- “To state the bloody obvious, parents are responsible for the behaviour of their children”. ‘Nuf said.
Ron Bartlett , 01303 873027 randhprojects@gmail.com
One of the kid's mothers thought Martin Johnson shot burglars in Norfolk!!
Please use the leaflet as you wish, amending it to your requirements.
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Here is an Incident Report which you can use to record each incident and pass it on to the authorities.
Unsociable Behaviour.
Incident Report No.
Date………………….. Place…………………………….
Number of People Involved…………………..
Their Actions………………………………............................................................
Descriptions of people involved - As many and detailed as possible
Names(if known)
Addresses(if Known)
Reported to ….Name………………………… Phone No……………………….
Email……………………………….
Reported by
Name……………………………….. Address………………………………......
Phone No…………………………… Email……………………………….........
USE TO KEEP A RECORD OF INCIDENTS AND REPORTS.
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