Police still considering Dispersal Order effects
By Tess McDermott Epping Forest Guardian 2/6/05
A Dispersal Order covering Waltham Abbey town centre was put in place last October and renewed in January. It expired on April 30th.
Police are hesitant about granting an immediate renewal.
Inspector Sean O'Callaghan said rough estimates showed a reduction of 30% calls to the area during the 6 months, but added it was important to study the figures closely before jumping to conclusions.
He said: "We haven't run up the flag and said it was a major success. Was the reduction in the right area? There's no point saying it worked if the reduction was related to a totally different area of crime and anti-social behaviour problems remained the same.
"So we have to ask: did it work ? If it did, why was it working? It was never meant to be a permanent ban.”
He added, “ … we want to look at the root cause of the problems and attack it positively rather than negatively if we can. "
Can Norden learn from their experience ...?
A Dispersal Order covering Waltham Abbey town centre was put in place last October and renewed in January. It expired on April 30th.
Police are hesitant about granting an immediate renewal.
Inspector Sean O'Callaghan said rough estimates showed a reduction of 30% calls to the area during the 6 months, but added it was important to study the figures closely before jumping to conclusions.
He said: "We haven't run up the flag and said it was a major success. Was the reduction in the right area? There's no point saying it worked if the reduction was related to a totally different area of crime and anti-social behaviour problems remained the same.
"So we have to ask: did it work ? If it did, why was it working? It was never meant to be a permanent ban.”
He added, “ … we want to look at the root cause of the problems and attack it positively rather than negatively if we can. "
Can Norden learn from their experience ...?
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