Gwent Police is imposing a 48-hour dispersal order in Penyrheol this weekend following reports of antisocial behaviour.
The area of the order will include: Heol Aneurin, Pen Y Groes, Heol Graigwen, Glan Ffrwd and Heol Fawr, Heol Y Gogledd, and all public spaces and thoroughfares contained within the boundary on the map below.
The dispersal order, which starts at 5pm today, February 17, is being imposed under section 35 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
Gwent Police has said officers will be patrolling the area and will have the authority to direct anyone behaving antisocially away from the area. If they return to that area after being moved on, they face being arrested.
Inspector Andy O’Keefe said: “This dispersal order has been put in place following reports of antisocial behaviour in the area where the actions of a small minority are causing alarm and distress to local residents.
“Officers will be on regular patrol in the areas affected to enforce the Dispersal Order and to prevent incidents of antisocial behaviour.”
It would be nice if the police patrolled routinely. Then we probably wouldn’t have these problems in the first place.
For the dispersal order to work you first have to have police to police it. We have no police on the beat any more, th only time you see them is when they drive passed you in their car. What are we paying them for? We then have the Community police officer who are suppose to be out walking but they are no where in sight either. We also have the other wardens who suppose back up the police, we very rarely see them out and about and when you do see them, what do they do? what powers do they have ?? all of which i would like answered because all i see is people walking around
I see from checking other local authority websites that very few local authorities employ these wardens – as we already pay a precept in our council tax for policing should we also be paying for these wardens ? Surely the money could be better spent on things like social care ?
A good point made here. As an example a while back the borough council withdrew from its responsibility to lock up the park gates at Morgan Jones Park, asking that the cost be borne by the Town Council. I suggested that this task be done by volunteers and volunteered myself to do a month per year.
This idea was turned down as the borough council put up a barricade of red tape including their wanting every person involved to undergo ‘training.’ I then suggested that this task be done by street wardens, a good task for them as they are supposed to be on foot patrol in the streets and parks. That was the last heard of this and, so far as I know, the park is just left open now.
All I see these wardens do is driving around in there brand new vans, I have never seen one yet walking on patrol. They are usually sat in Their van playing on their phones. What are we paying these wardens for? My guess is too fool the public into thinking they are police, from the way they are dressed. Wouldn’t it make sense to put this money towards the cso or police, the ones who can actually do something
I agree, I am not sure what these wardens are for and in time of financial constraints the money could be better spent elsewhere.
Perhaps the council should ask questions how much is being spent on these wardens and are they worth it, they should also ask what work they actually do. Living in the borough i see them doing very little