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Anti social parking a new priority for town police
(March 04, 2010)TOWN police have added a new priority to their current
crackdown on troublesome youngsters misbehaving in public officially
described as ASB or anti-social behaviour.
ASP is now an extra priority for the next three months as officers
on the beat will target anti-social parking which leads to danger and
raised temperatures at two school locations and at a busy roundabout.
PCSO Lorraine Rice produced a 'polite' notice about inconsiderate
or dangerous parking at the meeting on Wednesday night that she uses .
"If a driver regularly ignores this approach then I can call a police officer to issue a formal ticket," she explained.
The neighbourhood tasking group meets every three months and
allows residents and representatives of 'partner' organisations to
discuss issues with community beat manager Pc Paul Harvey and his team.
Another past issue that has exercised the minds of this group, the
access only roads of Chain Lane and Smallbrook Road, has again joined
the list.
After successfully dealing with the problem caused by youths
gathering in the Three Horseshoes Walk (see Warminster Journal 26th
February) the two local Police Community Support Officers are
patrolling around the town looking for where they will settle on next.
At least three areas appear to be favourite contenders. They have identified the college car park.
Town clerk Heather Abernathie passed on public concerns about
Smallbrook Meadows 'especially with Easter coming' and Cllr. Pip Ridout
raised concerns about Portway play area.
A member of the group of citizens that are working on setting up a
'Street Pastor' scheme revealed that progress was being made to secure
funding.
The meeting heard that the town has seen a 2.5% cut in reported crime.
"I think that this has rapidly become a useful group," said Paul
Macdonald. "I particularly like the chance to identify key issues."