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| DISPERSAL ORDER: The area which is covered under the dispersal order covers Waseley and Beacon estates, Lickey golf course and part of Cofton Hackett, running along the border between Worcestershire and the West Midlands. Ref:s |
SPECIAL measures are being taken to tackle anti-social behaviour in Rubery.
Residents who attended the latest Partners and Communities Together meeting (PACT) last Monday, October 8, were given the news a section 30 dispersal order had now come into force, and will run until January 8, 2008.
This latest dispersal order is the third to be put in place following similar ones in 2004 and 2005.
The order was first revealed in the Advertiser/Messenger last month and follows complaints by residents of increased anti-social behaviour.
In June, Holywell Primary School in Gunner Lane suffered a fire, and in August, police stepped up patrols in the area after a spate of criminal damage, including windows smashed, graffiti, and scratches made to cars.
The order, part of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003, gives police or Community Support Officers who believe the presence or behaviour of more than two people has caused or is likely to cause members of the public to feel intimidated, harassed, alarmed or distressed, the power to disperse them and order them to leave the area. Officers can also take home any young person under the age of 16, between 9pm and 6am. If they fail to comply, they can be arrested.
The order covers Waseley and Beacon estates, Lickey golf course and part of Cofton Hackett, running along the border between Worcestershire and the West Midlands.
Local Policing Officer PC Jayne Willetts said: "This latest order was prompted by complaints about youths gathering in Rubery village, drinking and causing criminal damage. There can be more than 30 individuals in a group, which can be very intimidating. Rubery is well served in terms of youth provision, so there are no excuses for young people hanging around the streets.
"The disorder has spread over the Lickey golf course and to the shops in Lickey Road."
which is why this latest dispersal order has been extended to incorporate a larger area.
"We take anti-social behaviour extremely seriously."
Councillor Peter McDonald, (Waseley-Lab) whose ward is covered in the dispersal order, said: "I am very pleased at long last something is being done to ban the unruly element.
I welcome it and hope it will move people on, making the standard of life better for everyone."
The full list of roads covered by the order is: Madeley Close, Links Drive, Grange Crescent, Clent Road, Cottage Gardens, Waseley Road, Whitehouse Place, Romsley Close, Shearwater Close, Pinewoods Close, Fairway Drive, Hillview Road, Hazel Road, Beeches Close, Beacon Hill, Woodlands Close, Gunner Lane, Maple Road, Holmes Drive, Cleeves Road, Eachway, Heather Drive, Barrington Road, Stockhill Drive, School Road, Bilberry Drive, Richmond Road, Landers Close, Lyndon Road, Valley Farm Road, Kineton Road, Belmont Road, Rednal Hill Lane, Beacon Close, Landers Close, Graham Crescent, Leach Heath Lane, The Avenue, Beverley Road, Brook Road, Meadowfield Road, Heron Way, Whetty Lane, Rochford Close, St Chads Road, Gannow Road, Birch Road, Gannow Walk, Coppice Close, Holywell Lane, Whettybridge Road, Segbourne Road, Legion Road, Rea Avenue, Library Way, Windmill Avenue, New Road, Leasowe Road, Callowbridge Road, Brookend Drive, New Inns Lane, Callowbrook Lane, and Lickey Road.
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