Clean up Delancey call
Tuesday 3rd June 2008, 1:59PM BST.
This broken vodka bottle is the sort of thing which has angered mums, who would like their children to be able to play safely at Delancey Park. (Picture by Daniel Guerin, 0586238)
ST SAMPSON’S residents are concerned about anti-social behaviour at Delancey Park and the poor state of the area.
They have complained about the amount of broken glass and rubbish littering the park and the nuisance factor of youths who gather there. Debbie Blackburn, who lives in Church Road near Regency Bedding, said her young children were afraid to play in the park.
‘I’m happy for them to go there but they always come back after 10 minutes because they’re intimidated by the groups of teenagers. I’ve heard them shouting foul abuse at the neighbours or people just walking past. While I can turn a deaf ear, I don’t like it at all when there are kids around.’
Chief Inspector Ruari Hardy said police were aware of the anti-social behaviour and criminal damage at Delancey and patrols were being stepped up as a result.
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Interestingly, I was in the sunken Garden by St James one evening when I took my young children to have a look. I was horrified by the litter there, all left by office workers at lunch. There are bins provided but it seems the cream of our wealth generating population treat our open areas with as much disdain as disenfranchised teenagers. The problem is endemic and not confined to one group or another.
It was disgraceful.
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I walk my dogs on Delancey Park every day. I must say that although there is always some litter, the park keeper does a great job keeping on top of what is a daily problem. If you move the young people on, the problem will arise somewhere else. It’s the age old problem of providing them with somewhere else to go.
I think the police are too busy writing up reports to be able to have time to put to community policing.
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