Action days aimed at restoring neighbourhoods (From Daily Echo)
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Action days aimed at restoring neighbourhoods
9:57am Wednesday 24th October 2012 in News
Action days aimed at restoring neighbourhoods
A NEW series of action days aimed at restoring pride in Southampton’s neighbourhoods by tackling antisocial behaviour, fly-tipping, dog mess and littering gets under way tomorrow.
The council is joining forces with the police and fire service to take a fresh approach to tackling enviro-crime as well as educating residents about safety and crime prevention in hotspot across the city.
They will work with residents to make immediate improvements to streets while providing practical advice so they can be sustained by the local community.
The scheme also aims to raise awareness of the rights and responsibilities of residents and landlords to make streets a better and safer place to live.
The council says evidence has shown that neighbourhoods that are well kept, cleaner and greener are also safer and less likely to attract crime, improving the quality of life for residents.
The first crime reduction and environment day, dubbed Street CRED, will be launched in Maybush.
Pilots have already been running at locations across Southampton over the past few weeks.
Comments(2)
Vonnie
says...
4:09pm Wed 24 Oct 12
People are understandably extremely wary of tackling yobs personally, and even with all the will in the world, the police are so undermanned that they rarely attend "minor" events of anti-social behaviour until it spirals out of control.
What this scheme is basically saying is two fold
1. As a Council we have allowed areas to deteriorate thru lack of intervention or basic upkeep even when it is necessary
2. Police your own area yourself, because the Council and the Police can't.
Shoong says...
2:09pm Wed 24 Oct 12