Trying to discuss anything even slightly related to paedophiles is a risky business. When something like Megan’s Law, or even our diluted version of it, comes along it is hard to criticise it without being accused of encouraging criminals or being somehow anti-parent or soft on crime. I already had my reservations about the whole […]
Entries Tagged as 'Crime/ASB'
Meeting the police
January 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Meeting the police · Life
Nick Somers, one of our local PCSOs, was in our road this afternoon delivering a leaflet to all houses advertising something called a street briefing. The idea seems to be that they will hang around in our street for a couple of hours next Tuesday evening with their mobile CCTV van and anyone who wants […]
Tags: Broadfield·Crawley·Crime/ASB·Police
Can they do that?
November 20th, 2006 · 7 Comments · Life
Apparently I am banned from a nightclub called Creation in Brighton, but its nothing personal: the other 99,999 residents of Crawley have also been banned, according to a story in The Argus. The door staff at Creation say that banning everyone from Crawley has resulted in less crime and trouble there. This may or may […]
Sussex Police Authority
October 12th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Life
Jayne and I went along to K2 for the six-monthly public meeting of the Sussex Police Authority. After the chaos and disorder of last week’s constituency meeting, where I believe I offered several people “outside” at one point, it was relaxing to go to a relatively calm meeting. Of course, the presence of 3 or […]
You are never too old. Allegedly
September 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on You are never too old. Allegedly · Life
I know this sort of behaviour is wrong and should not be condoned and all that, but isn’t there just a little part of everyone that hopes they are still capable of committing such an offence at the age of 95? Must be something in the water down there. I wonder what the warning was…
A rose by any name…
September 10th, 2006 · Comments Off on A rose by any name… · Life
I do hope that this directive to judges will not be portrayed as motorist-bashing by the sort of twat who goes around vandalising speed cameras. It will do for now, but I think the whole classification needs to be re-thought. At the moment there are offences of ‘careless driving’ and ‘dangerous driving’. Given that even […]
Vandalism
September 1st, 2006 · Comments Off on Vandalism · Life
It looks like someone has re-named Crawley’s County Mall shopping centre overnight. I suppose such vandalism should not be encouraged, but I could not resist taking a photo.
Its gun control – but not as we know it
August 15th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
Over in Dallas, Texas there is a crime problem. Apparently it is the most dangerous city in the US with murders at a level four times as high as the average for the US. But the council has a cunning plan: as the article says “alarmed by rising gun crime in Dallas… …councillors have advanced […]
Our very own sex offender
August 13th, 2006 · Comments Off on Our very own sex offender · Life
This week’s Crawley News had a story about a sex offender going to court because he failed to notify them when he changed address, so that although he was on the various sex offenders’ registers the police did not know where he was. They should have asked us, because we knew. He was doing our […]
Mini Motos
August 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Mini Motos · Life, Politics, Technology
There was some encouraging news about mino motos today on the BBC website and on our local BBC TV news – the police are cracking down on their illegal and anti-social use, and the government are giving them some support. Last month’s Broadfield neighbourhood forum was a reminder, not that one was really needed, of […]
Tags: Broadfield Forum·Crime/ASB
