Drunkeness

Reported by Craig Newman at 12:08, Sat 1 March 2008
Sent to Blyth Valley Borough Council and Northumberland County Council 1 minute later

How do we sort out a re-occuring problems of drunken teenagers? It's happened before but last night I watched 4 lads damaging a nieghbours wooden fence, dropping beer cans, shouting and swearing. They congregate by "the cut" so they increase their options for not getting caught. My car has been damaged too numerously to site which was why I was keeping an eye on them.

Do I go out and persuade them to leave: in my experience persuasion of drunks especially teenagers leads to violence. Do I call the Police who, on a Friday night, will be busy with drunks elsewhere?

I'm certain my video camera will have recorded them but the last time something of this sort happened the Police said the quality was too poor to positively identify them. Were I to go to the council they'd likely fob me off with excuses for not being able to do anything about it as has happened before.

Advice would be nice - if anyone reading this has any.

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Posted by Ian Johnson at 08:48, Mon 3 March 2008

Dear Mr Newman

Thank you for highlighting this problem. It is a common issue affecting many people at the moment. You raise a number of points and I will try to answer them in turn. I would certainly call te police every time you feel threatened either personally or to your property. The service is available to all and you shouldn't be concerned about their other demands.

If the people you are referring to are children I would certainly not recommend using your video camera to record them. This may create significant problems for yourself in the future.

The council has a dedicated Safer Neighbourhoods Unit and we work closely with Northumbria Police to deal with problems in Blyth Valley. Please contact us on 01670 542060 or e-mail snu@blythvalley.gov.uk if you wish to report problems in your area. The officers responsible for Seghill are Clare Hart and Rachel Kennedy.I'm sure Northumberland County Council will respond in due course.

I hope this is satisfactory.

Ian Johnson Head of Safer Neighbourhoods Unit Blyth Valley Borough Council.

Posted by Craig Newman at 13:37, Sat 29 March 2008

It happens regularly throughout the year, quite how you fix a problem whose root cause is, poor parenting, lack of discipline, a lack of respect for other people and their property and thinking it's cool to drink is beyond me.

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