The other day I noticed a surge in visits from a site called Redwatch. Surge is probably over-stating it a bit: as at yesterday I had 16 hits from 9 different IP addresses. Not much of a surge really. More of a blip. But I thought I would head over to Redwatch to see what […]
Entries Tagged as 'Crime/ASB'
Redwatch
July 17th, 2006 · 10 Comments · Politics
Tags: BNP·Crime/ASB·Internet·Links·Racism·Redwatch·Religion·UAF
Public meeting about antisocial behaviour
July 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on Public meeting about antisocial behaviour · Politics
Tonight there was a partially successful public meeting in the Broadfield community centre about antisocial behaviour – it all depends on how you define success. Obviously the wider problems of antisocial behaviour were not solved, and no individual problems were solved, so if anyone had turned up expecting a magic wand to be waved they […]
Tags: Broadfield·Broadfield Forum·BYCC·CAB·Crawley·Crawley Council·Crime/ASB·Police·WSCC
The drugs don’t work
June 8th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Politics
I still find it hard to understand the thinking behind the Home Office’s proposals to reduce the limts for drug possession, so that someone caught with as little as 5g of cannabis could be looking at prison for up to 14 years as a dealer. Who writes these proposals? A special committee of Daily Mail […]
Ladder
May 25th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life
This ladder has been propped against the wall of this house for over a month now. Its like an illustration from a crime prevention leaflet. I bet they also have an unlocked shed full of tools which can be used to force an entry…
Tags: Broadfield·Crime/ASB
Britain’s worst criminal?
March 31st, 2006 · Comments Off on Britain’s worst criminal? · Life
Jayne was in the community centre today and heard a great story about a recent crime there. A lady had left her handbag lying around and someone had gone through it and taken some car keys from it. A few days later the car was stolen and abandoned. Meanwhile a boy had been hanging around […]
Disabled parking bays
March 18th, 2006 · Comments Off on Disabled parking bays · Life
Today I saw a beautiful sight. I was at the Broadfield Barton shops and saw one of the council’s community wardens Range Rovers parked up there. As I came back to the shops I saw the wardens themselves checking all the cars in the disabled parking bays to see if they had proper disabled badges. […]
The great £50 million robbery
March 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on The great £50 million robbery · Work
The most bizarre aspect of this whole business is the court artist’s drawings. One of the accused has been made to look exactly like one of my Fault Management Engineers at work. Not just a passing resemblance: it is the spitting image. Must remember to check the rosters to see if he was working that […]
Tags: Crime/ASB
Now that’s what I call child abuse
January 31st, 2006 · Comments Off on Now that’s what I call child abuse · Life
Is that story about the 11-year-old girl who was hospitalised for heroin use going to change anything? It would be great to think that it might force some changes of attitudes. Anyone selling a dose of heroin to a young girl like that for a mere tenner’s profit is surely beneath contempt? Actually the profit […]
Tags: Crime/ASB
Broken Windows
January 28th, 2006 · Comments Off on Broken Windows · Politics
The theory of Broken Windows is an attractive one, but not without some controversy. Like all theories, it has its supporters and its detractors. I think I would count as a qualified supporter: it makes a lot of sense, but will not be the panacea which some people suggest it is.
Tags: Broken Windows·Crime/ASB
