Anti-social call 'every 15 seconds' YOBS.Byline: JAMES LYONS POLICE were flooded with more than two million complaints about drunken or rowdy yobs last year, it was revealed yesterday. Officers were contacted about shouting, swearing and other bad behaviour every 15 seconds, new figures showed. They were among almost four million instances of antisocial antisocial /an·ti·so·cial/ (-so´sh'l) 1. denoting behavior that violates the rights of others, societal mores, or the law. 2. denoting the specific personality traits seen in antisocial personality disorder. behaviour which were reported to police. Neighbours from hell accounted for 250,000 complaints. There were 500 malicious calls, letters and emails every day and almost 150,000 hoax 999 calls. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling, who unearthed Unearthed is the name of a Triple J project to find and "dig up" (hence the name) hidden talent in regional Australia. Unearthed has had three incarnations - they first visited each region of Australia where Triple J had a transmitter - 41 regions in all. the figures, said: "Anti-social behaviour is blighting communities up and down the country. "Despite all of the Government's tough talk and rhetoric, the harsh reality is most acts of anti-social behaviour go unpunished unpunished Adjective without suffering or resulting in a penalty: the guilty must not go unpunished, such crimes should not remain unpunished Adj. 1. . "Small wonder then that things have been getting worse. It's got to stop." CAPTION(S): CONCERN Chris Grayling |
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