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July/August 2019
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CCTV zone set up near Jubilee Centre
Working group formed
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outh Gloucestershire Council has deployed a temporary CCTV camera on Savages Wood Road, near the Jubilee Centre. The camera’s installation was requested by the local police team to support the prevention and detection of anti-social behaviour (ASB) and to assist in the identification of anyone taking part in such activities. The move was supported by the police neighbourhood inspector and the council’s ASB and community safety team leader. The temporary camera is expected to be in place for a period of three months, with the ongoing need being reviewed at regular intervals. The council’s deployable CCTV cameras are not proactively monitored. Pre-recorded footage is reviewed reactively as and when incidents are reported to the ASB team via the police or members of the public.
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ocal organisations have formed a working group to coordinate a proactive approach to community concerns following a recent spike in antisocial behaviour, which has since reduced, and concerns regarding risk-taking behaviour in Bradley Stoke. Whilst levels of anti-social behaviour in Bradley Stoke are generally low, they do fluctuate and occasionally there is an increase which causes understandable concern and frustration. The group, which is formed of Avon & Somerset Police, Bradley Stoke Town Council, Bradley Stoke Community School, Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, the Willow Brook Centre and other agencies, first met late in May and discussed a range of issues and incidents that have occurred recently across Bradley Stoke. Figures show an increase in anti-social behaviour in Bradley Stoke in recent months, although it was noted that reported cases are not on the scale that other areas of South Gloucestershire have witnessed in recent years. However, it was also noted that some comments made in recent weeks on social media, and in some Facebook groups, regarding the levels of anti-social behaviour do not reflect the level of reported cases and have created a perception that the issue is far worse than it is in reality. Where anti-social and risktaking behaviour is occurring,
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it has been found recently to be across a range of ages and has the involvement of young people from a whole range of different backgrounds. The group agreed a set of main concerns which it would seek to address over the coming months: • Hype on social media is, in effect, demonising young people in Bradley Stoke and ‘painting them all with the same brush’. • A relatively small group of young people are having a large effect on Bradley Stoke and the perception of young people as a whole. • Some evidence of small groups of young people in the area engaging in risky behaviour. • A lack of parental awareness over where their children are, who they are with and what they are actually doing. • A general lack of respect amongst a minority of young people in the area towards adults. • The availability of drugs to young people in the area.
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In order to tackle the main concerns, progress has already been made by several agencies, including the local police delivering assemblies on the dangers of carrying knives and local youth workers engaging with and challenging risky or antisocial behaviour when they see it. A community event (see poster on facing page) will be held at Willow Brook Centre on Wednesday 10th July, between 3.30pm and 7pm, to provide GENERAL BUILDERS COMMERCIAL & DOMESTIC CARPENTRY CONTRACTORS ALL ASPECTS OF CARPENTRY
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