26 June 2009
Truck Watch
scheme's Text message system is unsafe says Department for
Transport
Hauliers have been plunged into confusion over the use of
police-sanctioned crime alert text messages after the Department for
Transport (DfT) branded them unsafe. Read more here
26 June 2009
No-drinking
areas are growing 'threat to picnics and outdoor drink'
More than 700 'controlled drinking zones' have been set up across
England, giving police sweeping powers to confiscate beer and wine from
anyone enjoying a quiet outdoor tipple. But are there too many such
areas? And are they a threat to civil rights? Read more here
25 June 2009
New Home
Secretary pledges renewed crusade against anti-social behaviour
Alan Johnson, the new Home Secretary, says he wants to revive Labour's
'crusade' against anti-social behaviour. Read more here
24 June 2009
ASBO quashed
on grounds of impracticality
A builder who cold-called two vulnerable pensioners and convinced them
they needed roofing work done on their homes has had his antisocial
behaviour order quashed by top judges on appeal. Read more here
24 June 2009
Neighbourhood
Watch concerns at front-line police cuts
A neighbourhood watch co-ordinator in Stanwell, near Staines in
Middlesex, has started a petition against the Surrey Police Authority's
decision to make 50 redundancies - including the crime reduction
officer in her area. Read more here
24 June 2009
Local
authority survey says 1-in-4 people are dissatisfied with police
services
The Place Survey, a report produced out of a new consultation process
that all local authorities are required to carry out on a two yearly
basis, says that only one in four people are happy with their policing
services. Most concern was expressed about binge-fuelled violence and
anti-social behaviour. Read more here
24 June 2009
Lambeth's
anti-gang programme to go borough-wide
After initial success in Brixton, a programme which uses peer
counselling to steer young people away from gangs is to be rolled out
across Lambeth, London. Read more here
23 June 2009
Shoplifting
Bill 'talked out' of Parliament
Anne McIntosh, Tory MP for the Vale of York, has criticised the
Government for failing to support her Bill which would toughen up the
punishment for shop theft. Read more here
22 June 2009
Festival
organisers team up with police to fight thefts
Two of the biggest organisations in the pop festival industry are
working closer with police to reduce the growing level of theft at
festival venues. Read more here
