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East Cambridgeshire District Council Vows to Tackle Yobs

East Cambridgeshire District Council has vowed to tackle head-on the problem of yobs behaving anti-socially and causing problems in local communities. With anti-social behaviour often causing misery for residents and local businesses, action is to be taken to identify the culprits and bring a halt to their activities.
Councillors agreed at a full Council meeting on Tuesday 19th October 2004 that anti-social behaviour blights the quality of life for communities across the district and have decided to press its partners in the Community Safety Partnership, like the police, to work more effectively with the Council to address this problem. The Council could then use its powers to issue Anti-Social Behaviour Orders which have been shown to be effective in other areas.
Councillors voiced the opinion that large amounts of public money goes towards policing the district but, with police having their own problems, rural communities appear to be getting a raw deal. Anti-social behaviour needed to be stamped out before such behaviour escalated into something more serious.
Cecilia Tredget, Deputy Chief Executive, said: "Everyone in the district wants to live and work in peace without the threat of anti-social behaviour ruining that peace. There is only so much the police can do, so we need to consider using the methods available to the Council and take a lead in stamping out this problem. We will continue to work within the Community Safety Partnership to identify and tackle such problems and seek to find real solutions to make our district a safer place to live."

October 2004