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HOBS MOAT AREA
Anti-Social
Behaviour resulting from Ice Rink:
Below is copied a letter I have sent to Chief
Superintendent Jim McGinty, Solihull Police.
Chief Superintendent McGinty,
Solihull Police Station,
Homer Road,
Solihull.
8 January 2006.
Dear Jim,
Re: Anti-social dispersal
order – Hobs Moat Road.
Firstly I wish you and all your staff at the Solihull
OCU a happy, successful and safe 2006.
I read with great pleasure that a dispersal order, under the
Anti-Social Behaviour Act, is to take affect in the area of Hobs Moat,
Elmdon. As you are aware, I have complained on several occasions on behalf
of residents of Elmdon ward about the behaviour of some of the youths attending the ice rink, in Hobs Moat Road,
and causing mayhem in Old Lode Lane and roads leading to the ice rink,
especially Windsor Drive and Merevale Road.
I do though have concerns that any group of youths which intend to
continue to cause problems for the police and residents in the Hobs Moat
Road area might merely walk across the road (towards Windsor Drive and
Merevale Road) where I presume the dispersal order will not apply. I wish
to flag this up to you to ensure that any disorder and anti-social
behaviour is not just displaced.
May I also offer you my support (and that of residents) in relation
to any action you wish to take over the ice rink? Youths do need places for
them to socialise and take part in recreation. It is important however that
the management of the ice rink use the facilities in an appropriate manner
so that nearby residents are not put in fear when certain events take
place.
Yours sincerely,
Ken Hawkins,
Councillor – Elmdon
Ward.
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