Leeds Dispersal Order Initiative to end on Saturday

Leeds South homes (LSh) is an Arms Length Management Organisation formed from part of the local Council's Neighbourhoods and Housing Department. In February 2003 LSh took over management responsibility for the Manor Farm estate in South Leeds which had, for a number of years, been suffering from an increasing number of acts of anti-social behaviour perpetrated by local youths.

LSh and the Council's Anti Social Behaviour Unit (ASBU) then agreed a new course of action. They gathered together all previous evidence used to obtain orders against individuals and presented this, alongside new evidence, to West Yorkshire Police in the form of an application for a Dispersal Order. On the basis of that evidence the police agreed to grant an order covering the Manor Farm estate and its neighbouring areas of the Newhall estate and Middleton Park Circus.

The Dispersal Order gave the Police and Police Community Support Officers the standard Dispersal and Curfew powers... but also....

West Yorkshire Police have undertaken to carry out high profile patrolling of the designated area and to monitor progress in liaison with the main partners in the initiative, LSh and the Council's ASBU. Specialist units such as the CID and Drugs Team also play an active role in this new approach.

The Dispersal Order applies from the 6th December, 2004 to the 4th June, 2005.

.... watch this space for news of the results....