The only blip in a relatively quiet week in terms of anti-social behaviour was on Friday night. Our Wardens arrived in Melbourne at approximately 9:00pm and the patrol route took them down Penn Lane. Here they noticed that several cars had their wing mirrors pushed or kicked the wrong way, one of which was damaged.
At the rear of the library the Wardens spoke to a lady who said some youths had damaged her wing mirror. The group of youths were observed and the Police were called. A short time later the Wardens met with a Police Officer and identified a girl from the group that had been seen. Details were taken and then the group got onto the bus and left the area.
In terms of the ever present problem of dog fouling, we are shortly going to commence a publicity campaign with, amongst other things, a hard hitting poster showing a child apparently eating dog faeces and the line "children will put anything in their mouths"! Potentially shocking I'm sure most will agree but the only thing more shocking is the reality of dog fouling. This campaign is due to start in February.
In other news, a couple more fly tipping deposits were found and the investigations are commencing in relation to those.
Finally, a meeting with the Derbyshire Flytipping Project has shown a reduction in flytipping in Derbyshire along with an increase in legal action by Councils against perpetrators. For our part, the Wardens have now had 8 convictions since June 2009 with more to come. Watch this space.
Jack Twomey
Environmental Protection Manager
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When you do your campaign please make sure people are reminded to put their poo bags in the bins not leave them about the street.
ReplyDeleteAlso bin provision in Hilton could do with some at the Mease/Old Village road exit to hatton end as this is where bags are left.
I do not mind carrying mine but others it appears do not.