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| CRACK DEALERS HOLIDAY |
Dear Dame,
I live on what is supposed to be a quiet residential street, but it appears to have been taken over drug dealers and users.
This also comes with a large helping of noise, mess, aggressive begging, criminal damage, and threatening behavior.
Last night these antisocial individuals made constant noise having some sort of random street gathering and myself and many others in my street were kept awake by this all night.
But where are the Police, you may ask?
They appear to be putting their limited resources into patrolling the parks and fining people for sunbathing instead.
Meanwhile, local residents right around the corner from a park, are expected to put up with criminals and suffer from their antisocial behavior night after night.
There is no point in telling us to call 111 because when you do and report the matter, you are told that "Police officers will be there shortly" and nobody turns up!
There are also currently a lot of bicycle thefts going on in North Kensington and Shepherds Bush.
It is usually drug addicts who are committing these crimes to fund their habits, but this is also being ignored by the Police.
It appears that sunbathers and families having picnics in the park, as well as going on social media now appear to be the top priorities for our Police
Whatever happened to catching criminals and keeping our streets safe?
We're told to "stay safe" but when your home does not feel safe, what then?
We really need the help of the Police but they do not appear to be concerned with crime anymore.
I suppose if Police officers are in the parks in the day, then at least residents know where to find them.
It's all very far from reassuring.
Pre the virus we were told that the police lacked resources to tackle crime: they seem to have lots of resources to harass harmless sunbathers.
Pre the virus we were told that the police lacked resources to tackle crime: they seem to have lots of resources to harass harmless sunbathers.
North Kensington resident
Handing out fines to sunbathers is easier that catching hardcore criminals and looks better on their stats
ReplyDeleteThe police are in an era when they are generally not terribly well thought of mainly because of their inability to tackle street crime. Their bullying of the public will blow back in their faces
ReplyDeleteThere is routine flouting of the regulations in the Golborne Road area as a consequence of similar antisocial behaviour - gangs of men loitering for hours outside shops etc.
ReplyDeleteIn one case a resident of a local authority flat opposite the OLD PEOPLE'S HOME (!!!) in Wornington Road is loitering with a gang of his mates on a daily basis for hours.
This same resident was warned a couple of years ago over similar antisocial behaviour compounded by the gang's blatant cannabis smoking in full view. However the issue was ignored by the police and what was then the infamous TMO until the gang took to wandering up and down the street in the small hours during Ramadan shouting into their mobile phones.
I happen to know that in one case the Community Safety Team etc have been contacted SIX TIMES. There has been no response whatsoever to answerphone messages left. RBKC Housing seem similarly disinterested in one of their tenants behaving illegally from one of their properties and endangering others