What did you get up to yesterday?

[Lord Bracknell]

This is a genuine memo recently circulated to council staff by someone with the wonderful job title of "Anti-Social Behaviour Co-ordinator":-

Dear Colleagues,

On Wednesday 10th September 2003, the Home Office has requested that all local Authorities, registered social landlords and Police Forces carry out a one day count of incidents of anti social behaviour.

It is the biggest collection of data ever carried out for this subject area and the results will be used to formulate future Government policy and funding in relation to anti social behaviour and how it is dealt with. The recording period is from just after midnight on Tuesday 9th September to midnight on Wednesday 10th September 2003. I am requesting the co-operation of all Council staff and other colleagues to help with this count which has the full support of the Chief Executive and the Chief Officer of Police.

If you receive a complaint of anti social behaviour which occurs between those hours or witness it yourself, I am requesting that you notify me. All that is required is a short E mail giving the category of anti social behaviour and the number reported/witnessed. This is a list of the categories which the Home Office has given us:-

Misuse of public space

• Drug / substance misuse & dealing
Taking drugs
Sniffing volatile substances
Discarding needles / drug paraphernalia
Crack houses
Presence of dealers or users

• Street drinking

• Begging

• Prostitution
Soliciting
Cards in phone boxes
Discarded condoms

• Kerb crawling
Loitering
Pestering residents

• Sexual acts
Inappropriate sexual conduct
Indecent exposure

• Abandoned cars

• Vehicle related nuisance & Inappropriate vehicle use
Inconvenient / illegal parking
Car repairs on the street / in gardens
Setting vehicles alight
Joyriding
Racing cars
Off road motorcycling Cycling / skateboarding in pedestrian areas / footpaths

Disregard for community / personal wellbeing

• Noise
Noisy neighbours
Noisy cars / motorbikes
Loud music
Alarms (persistent ringing / malfunction)
Noise from pubs / clubs
Noise from business / industry

• Rowdy behaviour
Shouting & swearing
Fighting
Drunken behaviour
Hooliganism / loutish behaviour

• Nuisance behaviour
Urinating in public
Setting fires (not directed at specific persons or property)
Inappropriate use of fireworks
Throwing missiles
Climbing on buildings
Impeding access to communal areas
Games in restricted / inappropriate areas
Misuse of air guns
Letting down tyres

• Hoax calls
False calls to emergency services

• Animal related problems
Uncontrolled animals


Acts directed at people

• Intimidation / harassment
Groups or individuals making threats
Verbal abuse
Bullying
Following people
Pestering people
Voyeurism
Sending nasty / offensive letters
Obscene / nuisance phone calls
Menacing gestures

Can be on the grounds of:
Race
Sexual orientation
Gender
Religion
Disability
Age

Environmental damage

• Criminal damage / vandalism
Graffiti
Damage to bus shelters
Damage to phone kiosks
Damage to street furniture
Damage to buildings
Damage to trees / plants / hedges

• Litter / rubbish
Dropping litter
Dumping rubbish
Fly-tipping
Fly-posting



You score one point for each activity that you engaged in yesterday. WHAT WAS YOUR SCORE?

 

[Reading Posh]

Only 10 points for Slough, damn fine score Ha! And now that I've re-read your post Bracknell I'd just like to point out these were acts I witnessed

• Street drinking
• Abandoned cars
Inconvenient / illegal parking
Car repairs on the street / in gardens
Alarms (persistent ringing / malfunction)
Graffiti
Damage to bus shelters
Damage to phone kiosks
Dropping litter
Fly-posting