Teenage yobs a growing problem
Underage drinking can lead to disorder, says Sgt Alexander
Two 16-year-old girls were arrested for alleged assault on two people near The Kebab Shop in Keymer Road, Hassocks. They have been released on police bail while investigations are made.
Earlier that evening police arrested an 18-year-old and charged him with the alleged theft of a crate of Fosters Lager from Budgens in Orion Parade.
And police at Burgess Hill have appealed for information about damage to a window of a house in Semley Road, not far from Hassocks station, on Monday at about 10:45pm.
Police sergeant Simon Alexander, of Burgess Hill police, said: "Some of the youngsters we come across are only 14-years-old, and I have to ask the question should a person that young be hanging around on the streets, with no adult supervision, at 11pm?
"Many of the parents we have spoken to are unaware that their children are behaving in this way and some parents who we have contacted to collect their children are surprised by what they see when theyarrive.
"We will continue to take robust action to prevent and deter any disorder but responsibility also rests with the parents of these young people to find out where their children are and what they are doing."
Sgt Alexander stressed that most youngsters in the area were well behaved but added: ""The behaviour of a minority of young people who gather in this area is totally unacceptable and causes a great deal of annoyance and distress to the people who live there.
"What often starts out as a convenient meeting place soon degenerates once some of them start drinking, underage. This often leads to disorder and damage."
Should parents be held responsible if their children are caught drinking underage? What can be done to prevent young people from drinking and smoking at an early age? Email us here with your view.
Police trying to quell damage and drunkeness by gangs of boozing schoolchildren are asking parents: "Do you know where your children are?"
A senior officer made the appeal after regular trouble in crowds of up to 50 children at Hassocks flared into violence last Thursday.Two 16-year-old girls were arrested for alleged assault on two people near The Kebab Shop in Keymer Road, Hassocks. They have been released on police bail while investigations are made.
Earlier that evening police arrested an 18-year-old and charged him with the alleged theft of a crate of Fosters Lager from Budgens in Orion Parade.
And police at Burgess Hill have appealed for information about damage to a window of a house in Semley Road, not far from Hassocks station, on Monday at about 10:45pm.
Police sergeant Simon Alexander, of Burgess Hill police, said: "Some of the youngsters we come across are only 14-years-old, and I have to ask the question should a person that young be hanging around on the streets, with no adult supervision, at 11pm?
"Many of the parents we have spoken to are unaware that their children are behaving in this way and some parents who we have contacted to collect their children are surprised by what they see when theyarrive.
"We will continue to take robust action to prevent and deter any disorder but responsibility also rests with the parents of these young people to find out where their children are and what they are doing."
Sgt Alexander stressed that most youngsters in the area were well behaved but added: ""The behaviour of a minority of young people who gather in this area is totally unacceptable and causes a great deal of annoyance and distress to the people who live there.
"What often starts out as a convenient meeting place soon degenerates once some of them start drinking, underage. This often leads to disorder and damage."
Should parents be held responsible if their children are caught drinking underage? What can be done to prevent young people from drinking and smoking at an early age? Email us here with your view.
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