Police launch operation to clean up Desborough Road (From Bucks Free Press)
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Police launch operation to clean up Desborough Road
7:30am Tuesday 3rd November 2009 in
POLICE will be cracking down on street drinking, drug abuse and street prostitution in Desborough Road for the next two weeks.
Thames Valley Police have launched Operation Grom in partnership with Wycombe District Council after worries that residents feel unsafe in their own homes.
Residents at the Neighbourhood Action Group in the area highlighted the problems as they complained of anti social behaviour.
PC Tom Kenney, a neighbourhood officer involved in the campaign said: "We have planned this two week operation to instil confidence in the residents.
“We need to find the sources of this problem and cut them off at the stem. Street drinkers are one of the main things. We also have a problem with street prostitution - girls who are attracted to drink and drugs.
“We will arrest them if need but we want to refer them to the appropriate authorities.”
As well as more police officers out on foot the council are sending out extra parking patrols, after residents said they found it difficult to park by their homes, and carrying out checks on taxi drivers.
PC Kenney added: "It is all about making residents feel confident. At the moment people down there are living in fear.
"Everyone has been working hard to deal with this problem already but we are making it a more cohesive effort.”
Members of the local community will go out with the police to see what they have to deal with, as will a Bucks Free Press reporter.
Comments(10)
wayneo
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9:13am Tue 3 Nov 09
iworld
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9:33am Tue 3 Nov 09
This area is compounded by the having the University halls nearby
Drugs users and delaers are also a problem in this area - about time this initiative came in.
Finally, Desborough Road needs a major face lift - new shops - big names - they need to get rid of the old job centre building - a hotel would have been nice there!
Hit me
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9:46am Tue 3 Nov 09
....and leave the pimps alone. Theres a recession on dont you know?!?
Boris1
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10:07am Tue 3 Nov 09
I see community officers walking up and down there at least once a week, whys putting a few more there going to make a difference.
All the drunks that sit by the church can be very intimidating and are a general nuisance but they've been asked to move on a milliopn times....again whys this operation going to be different?
Really hope the police get somewhere this time.
vocal local
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1:03pm Tue 3 Nov 09
Hit me wrote:I agree, what a daft idea to announce it in advance......mind you, thats assuming the crims can read,are sober long enough to remember what theyve read or heard,arnt too off their faces with drugs, or on their backs doing other things, and the pimps arnt too busy counting pound notes etc. What a lovely world we live in.
I like the way they announce the initiative in advance. That way, all the crims can take a well deserved holiday, and the feds can declare the operation a success.... ....and leave the pimps alone. Theres a recession on dont you know?!?
Ivor the younger
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6:46pm Tue 3 Nov 09
sportsturf
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11:59pm Tue 3 Nov 09
demoness
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11:20am Wed 4 Nov 09
sidthesexist
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8:09pm Sun 8 Nov 09
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