Special initiative to beat railway walk drinkers abandoned
Thursday, 8th July 2010.
Haverhill police have admitted being disappointed of their hopes to deal with alcohol consumption and resulting anti-social behaviour along Haverhill's railway walk.
For the last two months the issue has been one of Haverhill Safer Neighbourhood Team's (SNT) priorities, and they had thoiught increased patrols and other work was having an effect.
But Sgt Sarah Bartley told fellow members of the SNT's monthly public meeting today that when they went there on Saturday they found the area near a wooded copse iused as a den to be littered with cans and bottles.
"I don't think I have ever seen so many bottles and cans lying around," she said. "And we had been there and seized alcohol."
A member of the public told the meeting the area had also been littered with smashed bottle on Monday morning.
"We really need some new direction and new ideas about how to solve the problem," Sgt Bartley said.
The meeting decided to discharge the priority and pass it on to the police's regular work as there was little more they could do to achieve a solution.
The meeting also discharged the team's other priority, groups putting pressure on shoppers for proxy sales of alcohol to under-age people at the Londis store on the Clements estate.
Work with CCTV seemed to have led to the activity dying down, with only one incident being dealt with and no calls from the public being received.
For the last two months the issue has been one of Haverhill Safer Neighbourhood Team's (SNT) priorities, and they had thoiught increased patrols and other work was having an effect.
But Sgt Sarah Bartley told fellow members of the SNT's monthly public meeting today that when they went there on Saturday they found the area near a wooded copse iused as a den to be littered with cans and bottles.
"I don't think I have ever seen so many bottles and cans lying around," she said. "And we had been there and seized alcohol."
A member of the public told the meeting the area had also been littered with smashed bottle on Monday morning.
"We really need some new direction and new ideas about how to solve the problem," Sgt Bartley said.
The meeting decided to discharge the priority and pass it on to the police's regular work as there was little more they could do to achieve a solution.
The meeting also discharged the team's other priority, groups putting pressure on shoppers for proxy sales of alcohol to under-age people at the Londis store on the Clements estate.
Work with CCTV seemed to have led to the activity dying down, with only one incident being dealt with and no calls from the public being received.
Comment on this story
[board listing] [login] [register]
You must be logged in to post messages. (login now)