Cheers to streets free from booze; PUBLIC WELCOME DRINK BAN.Byline: LINDA RICHARDS A BOOZE ban is being introduced across most of Gateshead to tackle drink-fuelled troublemakers. The ban will cover Birtley, Blaydon Winlaton, Ryton, Crawcrook, Whickham and Central Gateshead. Three local beauty spots at Blaydon Burn, Shibdon Pond and Ryton Willows will also be covered by the clampdown clamp·down n. An imposing of restrictions or controls: "Advertisers and broadcasters would raise howls of protest against any strong clampdown" Wall Street Journal. . The Designated Public Place Orders are being brought to prevent nuisance and disorder caused by people drinking on the streets. They give police and neighbourhood wardens the power to crackdown on people caught drinking in public. Anyone refusing to comply with a police officer to stop drinking or to hand over booze for confiscation confiscation In law, the act of seizing property without compensation and submitting it to the public treasury. Illegal items such as narcotics or firearms, or profits from the sale of illegal items, may be confiscated by the police. Additionally, government action (e.g. can be prosecuted. The new measures agreed by Gateshead Council's cabinet yesterday aim to make neighbourhoods safer by reducing alcoholrelated anti-social behaviour. Councillors made the decision after consulting with locals and licensees. Residents gave their thumbs up to the proposals but there was a low response from licensees. However, those that did reply to the council letter asking for their views backed the scheme. The move is an extension of similar orders brought in to cover Gateshead town centre, Gateshead Quayside quay·side n. The area adjacent to a quay or wharf or a system of quays, especially in a port city. quayside quay n → Kai m and all the Metro stations in the borough. Following their success, the cabinet asked for other borough blackspots to be identified. Coun Peter Mole, cabinet member for safer, stronger communities and culture at Gateshead, said: "We've been working closely with local communities and talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to people across Gateshead to find out what sort of problems they have. "People are telling us that they want to extend these Designated Public Places and at the same time give the police more powers to tackle nuisance behaviour. "The current system has already worked well in parts of the borough and this extension of the rules will help us tackle these problems and make the whole of Gateshead safer for all our residents." In November 2004, a pilot scheme was brought in to cover Gateshead town centre where a group of adults gathered in the town's Trinity Square and Jackson Street, drinking and causing trouble. After the ban began to take effect the numbers dropped and trouble caused by a hardcore of individuals stopped. And the ban was continued in 2008. Chief Insp Dave Anderson Dave Anderson might refer to:
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 is one of the main areas of concern which our local communities tell us they want to see being tackled effectively, which is why we were heavily involved in developing the original Designated Public Place Orders. "They have proved a big success and we're hoping for similar results with the extension of these powers over a wider area. "This is another example of how Gateshead area command is working with Gateshead Council to help make the borough safer for everyone." CAPTION(S): CLEARED: PC Jennifer Fenwick with alcohol taken from teenagers on the streets of the North East during an earlier sweep by police |
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