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Cheshire: Tackling nuisance on Stanney Grange estate
Background
At public meetings, residents of the Stanney Grange estate identified nuisance quad/off road biking and nuisance youths as the main problems they want police and their partners to address.
Action
The team carried out a series of tours of the estate looking for signs of social and physical disorder such as graffiti, vandalism, noise and youth nuisance.
Members of the local community, including sixth form students from Stanney High School, also took part in the fact-finding strolls dubbed Cat Walks, and the findings were made available at the CAM meeting.
"Some of the physical signs of disorder we picked up on during the day time and evening Cat Walks on the estate were graffiti, litter, abandoned shopping trolleys, damaged street signs and obstructive parking
"Obviously, the partner agencies will take all this into consideration but the top priorities are what the people tell us and therefore, over the coming weeks, we'll do our best to sort out the nuisance problems," said PC Goring.
It's the second series of Cat Walks to take place in Stanney Grange - the first series were led by Cheshire Constabulary's Chief Constable Peter Fahy in November 2004. They were supported by a survey of members of the public and a subsequent CAM.
What next
Many of the broken lights have been fixed, and a string of quad bike owners have received written warnings. If they fail to take heed of the warnings, their bikes will be seized.
A series of operations, including high-visibility foot patrols and off-road police motorbikes, will now be launched in a bid to crack the problems.
PC Goring said: "We have already made significant progress in cracking the priority problems on the estate but we know from what the people are telling us there is still more to do.
"We'll continue targeting this minority of troublemakers until we are happy life on the estate is better for the majority of law-abiding people who live there."
Residents will be invited to get around the table again in May when another series of Cat Walks take place and new priorities set.
Further information
Please contact Janette.Wallace-Gedge@cheshire.pnn.police.uk
