Daytime street drinkers in the Park when young children are present.
9am to 5pm
23 April 2009 - officers from the City Centre Safer Neigbourhood team patrolled in the area - no obvious problems.
This is currently a default route for SNT staff travelling on West Street, who will perform a detour onto Gell Street to check the area and provide a visible presence. Checked at least twice a day at varying times at the moment, no drinkers have been found so far. (updated 8th May)
12th May - This area has been patrolled throughout the day as part of the City Centre Reassurance & Visibility day. No drinkers found in the park, the patrols on foot and bike have extended throughout the Headford/Broom estate.
13th May - A number of patrols on here today, while we would be delighted not to find anyone drinking there, persistence paid off at 4.00pm when PCSO Mike Matthews found two street drinkers, alcohol taken from them and encouraged out of the area.
May 18th - Regular patrols thoughout the weekend. The weekend public order patrols staffed by Neighbourhood Patrol Group officers, and a van staffed by officers from this team, patrolled the city centre in van and on foot throughout Friday and Saturday evening. No drinkers in this particular location though 2 people were arrested on Friday night for being drunk and disorderly after being found urinating in the street.
The SNT public order van searched a group of three men on Victoria Street on Friday night who had travelled from Bolton to visit the city and chosen this as a quiet parking spot before heading into the city. While nothing was found, they were all of interest to us, so when they were ejected from a city centre club at midnight, the team sprang into action to make sure they did not gain entry anywhere else, passing information to partners in licensed premises and watching them try one club after another and fail. We will not tolerate people who travel to the city only to engage in drunken, disorderly behaviour.
The next Partners and Communities Together meeting will be incorporated into the City Centre Forum on Tuesday 19th May