Saturday 29 September 2007

WESTHOUGHTON/BOLTON: Westhoughton

Police shown trouble spots by locals

POLICE joined residents and council representatives in Westhoughton on a walkabout to highlight troublespots in their community.

Officers wanted to hear what local people though about initiatives to stamp out anti-social behaviour and under-age drinking and find out more about problem areas for vandalism, graffiti and other nuisance crime. They also spoke to youngsters playing in Central Park.

Chief Inspector Martin Greenhalgh said: "We all listened and took on board what local residents wanted to see happening in their community. We will certainly be using information gathered on the night to help set the local policing priorities for the area.

"We were particularly interested to hear what young people in the area had to say. A group playing in the park provided a wish list' of facilities they would like to see in their neighbourhood and we will be seeing what we can do to provide some of them."

Last month, police in Westhoughton announced the success of their anti-social behaviour crackdown, Operation Anvil, which was launched in April following complaints about rowdy youth behaviour in the town centre on Friday and Saturday nights.

There have been 181 reports involving anti-social youths since the start of the operation, compared to 257 in the same period.

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