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Youth Annoyance general non alcohol related

Date of Meeting: 02/05/2012
Meeting: St Mairs Day Centre Aberdare
Location of Concern:
The Ynys Sports Centre
Summary: The Ynys Sports Centre is experience a high volume of youth annoyance. Positive action to be taken

Officer/Partner Blog

>> MORE ALCOHOL CONFISCATED - 18/08/2012

TODAY ALISTAIR AND STEVE  WERE PATROLLING THE AREA WHEN ONCE AGAIN NEAR TO THE STANDS IN THE GROUNDS THEY CAME ACROSS YOUTHS WHO WERE IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL. THIS ALCOHOL WAS AGAIN CONFISCATED, NAMES TAKEN AND APPROPRIATE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.

OFFICERS WILL CONTINUE TO PATROL THE AREA.

>> ALCOHOL CONFISCATION - 17/08/2012
TONIGHT ALISTAIR AND STEVE WERE IN THE AREA.  AFTER HEARING NOISES FROM THE RUGBY GROUNDS AREA THEY CAME ACROSS SEVERAL YOUTHS WHO WERE FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL. THIS ALCOHOL WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CONFISCATED AND DISPOSED OF. NAMES OF THE YOUTHS WERE TAKEN AND APPROPRIATE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.
>> ALL IN ORDER - 10/08/2012
THIS WEEK WE HAVE RECEIVED NO CALLS FOR THE AREA. OFFICERS THROUGOUT THE WEEK HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA MAKING FOOT PATROLS, THEY HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE NOT ENCOUNTERED ANY PROBLEMS. AS ALWAYS WE WILL CONTINUE TO PATROL THE AREA.
>> VISIBLE PRESENCE - 05/08/2012
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PATROL THE AREA AND THANKFULLY THIS WEEK WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OR ANNOYANCE CALLS. PLEASE CONTACT US IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES YOU ARE EXPERIENCING.
>> BLUE LIGHT DISCO - 05/08/2012
AS YOU MIGHT HAVE READ FROM THE TOWN PRIORITY ON FRIDAY WE HAD A TRADING STANDARDS OPERATION WHICH WAS CONCERNED WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL TO THE UNDERAGE AND ALSO TO THOSE ADULTS WHO THINK IT IS OK TO PURCHASE THIS ALCOHOL ON THEIR BEHALF. ON THE SAME NIGHT WE HELD OUR USUAL BLUE LIGHT DISCO WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY AROUND 130 YOUTHS, ALL OF WHICH WERE WELL BEHAVED AND NO ISSUES, AS USUAL, WAS ENCOUNTERED. UNIFORMED OFFICERS AT THIS TIME WERE BUSY PATROLLING THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SWIMMING POOL AND SPORTS CENTRE, NICK HAS STATED THAT COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOL WAS SIEZED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE AREA.
>> OP EQUINOX CONTINUES - 31/07/2012

PROACTIVE FOOT PATROLS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA. ON THE WEEKENDS WE HAVE BEEN ON DUTY AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OPERATION EQUINOX. OPERATION EQUINOX HAS BEEN SET UP IN ORDER TO COMBAT YOUTH ANNOYANCE AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR. TO DATE WE HAVE HAD A MARKED SUCCESS, CONFISCATING COPIUOUS AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOL FROM YOUTHS, PARENTS HAVE BEEN INFORMED AND ASB REFERRALS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED WERE NECESSARY. THE OPERATION WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND.

>> ALCOHOL SEIZED - 21/07/2012

WHILST ON FOOT PATROL, WE CAME ACROSS A LARGE GROUP OF YONUGSTERS OUTSIDE THE SWIMMING POOL AREA, WHEN WE GOT THERE 2 INDIVIDUALS WITH RUCK SACK'S ON, RAN TOWARDS THE TUNNEL HEADING TOWARDS THE OLD MAGISTRATES COURT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM THEY WERE OUTSMARTED AND GOT CAUGHT. THEY TOLD US THAT THEY HID THEIR STACK UNDER A PARKED VEHICLE. WHICH WE THEN SEIZED AND THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUALS WERE TAKEN.

THERE WERE NO MORE CALLS MADE THAT EVENING.

>> YOUNGSTERS LEAVE BOOZE BEHIND - 20/07/2012

WHILST ON FOOT PATROL TO OUR BLUE LIGHT DISCO, WE CAME ACROSS A GANG OF YOUNGSTERS IN THE TUNNEL OPPOSITE THE SWIMMING POOL WHEN THEY SPOTTED US THEY SCARPERED BEFORE WE GOT TO THE AREA, BUT TO THEIR QUICK GETAWAY THEY LEFT THEIR BOOZE BEHIND.

FURTHER PATROLS WERE MADE THAT EVENING.

>> ALCOHOL CONFISCATED - 20/07/2012

WHILST ON FOOT PATROL PCSO REES AND MOSELEY WERE PATROLLING AROUND THE YNYS WHERE THEY CAME ACROSS A GROUP OF YOUNGSTERS IN THE PARK AREA OF THE YNYS, THEY WERE CARRYING A COUPLE OF  BAGS FULL OF ALCOHOL. WE WENT TO THE AREA BUT THEY RAN AWAY FROM THE LOCATION AND THE CARRIER BAG ACCIDENTLY RIPPED AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE CANS STARTED DROPPING OUT. UNFORTUNATLY THEIR HALF TERM DIDN'T GET OFF TO A GOOD START.

REGULAR PATROLS WERE MADE THAT EVENING WITH NO FURTHER CALLS MADE.

>> CALL REGARDING YOUTH ON ROOF - 18/07/2012

TONIGHT WE RECIEVED A CALL FROM MEMBERS OF STAFF REGARDING YOUNGSTERS ON THE ROOF THROWING SLABS DOWN. OFFICERS ATTENDED THE AREA AND DID A SEARCH OF THE GROUND FOR THE YOUNGSTERS RESPONSIBLE WHO DISPERSED BEFORE POLICE ARRIVAL.

FURTHER PATROLS WERE MADE THAT EVENING WITH NO ISSUES TO REPORT.

>> NO CALLS MADE - 16/07/2012

I HAVE CHECKED OUR SYTEM TO SEE IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY CALLS BEEN MADE OVER THE WEEKEND AND WE HAVE RECIEVED NO CALLS REGARDING ANY ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR DOWN AT THE YNYS.

 

PATROLS WILL STILL BE MADE.

>> NO CALLS - 13/07/2012

I HAVE CHECKED OUR SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO CALLS MADE REGARDING YOUTH ANNOYANCE DOWN AT THE YNYS SPORTS CENTRE.

REGULAR PATROLS WILL STILL CONTINUE BUT PLEASE IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES PLEASE RING IT IN ON THE 101 NUMBER

>> regular patrols conducted - 08/07/2012

OVER THE WEEKEND NUMEROUS PATROLS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT AT THE LOCATION AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO INCIDENTS TO NOTE.

PATROLS WILL STILL CONINUE. IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES THEN PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE AND RING IT IN ON THE 101 NUMBER

>> Another 2 months - 04/07/2012

Tonight at the pact meeting it was decided that they would like to keep this as a pact priority for a further 2 months due to the youth annoyance at the weekends down in the area.

>> WARRANT EXECUTED - 22/06/2012
TODAY OFFICERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY TEAM CONDUCTED A WARRANT ON A LOCAL ADDRESS IN CONNECTION WITH A BURGLARY AT THE YNYS SPORTS CENTRE. DURING A SEARCH OF THE PROPERTY OFFICERS FOUND SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WERE REPORTED STOLEN DURING THIS INCIDENT. THE MATTER IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.
>> BURGLARY AT SPORTS CENTRE - 17/06/2012

 THIS WEEK ONE OF THE HUTS ON THE SPORTS CENTRE GROUNDS HAS BEEN BURGLED. A NUMBER OF ITEMS WERE STOLEN BELONGING TO ABERDARE CRICKET CLUB. INVESTIGATIONS ARE ON GOING. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THEN PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT US.

>> YOUTHS DISPERSED - 02/06/2012
TODAY ANOTHER CALL WAS MADE TO THE YNYS SPORTS CENTRE, CALLER REPORTED A LARGE GANG OF YOUTHS CONGRIGATING. OFFICERS ATTENDED THE SCENE AND ALL YOUTHS WERE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
>> LARGE GANG OF YOUTHS - 01/06/2012
TONIGHT A CALL WAS MADE TO THE SPORTS CENTRE. THE CALL WAS REGARDING A VERY LARGE GROUP OF YOUTHS CONGRIGATING IN THE SWIMMING POOL AREA, THE CALLERS REPORTED THE YOUTH WERE IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL. OFFICERS FROM THE SOUTH COMMUNITY TEAM WHO WERE ON DUTY AT THE TIME ATTENDED AND DEALT WITH YOUTHS. APPROPRIATE ACTION WAS TAKEN.
>> PATROLS MADE - 25/05/2012
AS REPORTED IN THE LAST BLOG ALISTAIR, MYSELF AND EXTRA OFFICERS WERE IN THE AREA ON FRIDAY. I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT THE NUMBER OF YOUTHS WERE CONSIDERABLY LESS THEN WEEKS PREVIOUS. HOWEVER, WE DID CONFISCATE ALCOHOL FROM SOME OF THE YOUTHS. UNFORTUNATELY NO FURTHER ACTION WAS ABLE TO BE TAKEN AS THEY HAD ALL DONE A RUNNER LEAVING BEHIND THE ALCOHOL. PATROLS IN THE AREA WILL CONTINUE.
>> YOUTHS SCATTER - 18/05/2012

A CALL WAS MADE REGARDING AN EXTREMELY LARGE GATHERING OF YOUTHS IN THE AREA, IT WAS BELIEVED ALCOHOL WAS ALSO BEING CONSUMED. UNFORTUNATLEY, THE YOUTHS HAD SEEN THE POLICE ARRIVING FROM A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE AWAY WHICH MEANT THEY HAD ALL DISPERSED PRIOR TO POLICE ARRIVAL.

TOMORROW NIGHT WE ARE, ONCE AGAIN, HOLDING THE BLUE LIGHT DISCO AT THE SPORTS CENTRE. SGT NEWCOMBE HAS REQUESTED EXTRA OFFICERS TO BE AT THE LOCATION IN ORDER TO TACKLE THE ISSUES IN THE AREA.

I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THE YOUTHS THAT CONGREGATE IN THIS AREA HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DISCO, AND THE DISCO DOES NOT ENTICE THEM INTO THE AREA. WE ARE STILL LOOKING INTO WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY GETTING THE ALCOHOL FROM.

>> PARTNERSHIP APPROACH. - 14/05/2012

DUE TO THE ISSUES THE YNYS SPORTS CENTRE ARE EXPERIENCING WITH REGARDS TO YOUTH ANNOYANCE AND ALCOHOL RELATED YOUTH ANNOYANCE.WE HAVE APPROACHED THE LOCAL YOUTH OUT REACH WORKERS WITH AN AIM TO GET THE YOUTHS INTO MORE PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES.  THEY HAVE AGREED THAT THE PROBLEMS IN THE AREA WARRANT A MULTI AGENCY INITIATIVE. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME OF ANY MEETINGS PENDING.

>> INFORMATION REQUIRED - 14/05/2012

DUE TO THE ALCOHOL RELATED YOUTH ANNOYANCE IN THE AREA WE ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING WHERE AND HOW THE YOUTHS ARE GETTING THEIR ALCOHOL.

IF YOU CAN HELP US IN ANY WAY WITH ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT US VIA THE OUR BOBBY WEB SITE OR OUR MOBILE NUMBERS WHICH ARE: 07584004217 OR 07805301025.

>> ALCOHOL CONFISCATED - 11/05/2012

TONIGHT THERE WAS A CALL TO THE AREA. THE CALLER REPORTED A NUMBER OF YOUNG PERSONS HAD GATHERED ONCE AGAIN IN THE AREA.

OFFICERS ATTENDED THE LOCATION, ALCOHOL WAS CONFISCATED AND THE REMAINING YOUTHS WERE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

>> Op Equinox - 10/05/2012

This is an operation taking place to tackle the issue surrounding the ynys sports centre with the youth’s congregating down there with alcohol.

On Friday (08.05.12) there was a call recieved regarding youngsters in the subway near the swimming pool drinking we attended the area were youngsters made off and left their alcohol so this was confiscated.

Pc James was down the area on Saturday (09.05.12) made patrols of the area and mentioned that there was numerous youngsters in the area but there was no alcohol in the area. Patrols will continue, if you are experiencing any issues please ring it in.

>> Youth annoyance in the Ynys - 04/05/2012
This was mentioned in the pact meeting regrading the number of youngsters conregating outside the Ynys Sports Centre at the weekends. In the meeting there was a youth worker there who had experienced the anti social behavior of a number of youngsters there last Friday (27.04.12). Due to this the people who attended the meeting were more then happy to have this as a priority.
>> YOUTHS DISPERSED. - 04/05/2012

THIS EVENING THERE WAS A CALL TO THE AREA REGARDING A LARGE GROUP OF YOUTHS WHICH WERE CONGREGATING ON THE SPORTS GROUNDS.

OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE CALL AND DISPERSED ALL PERSONS PRESENT TO PREVENT ANY BREACH OF THE PEACE.

 

Conclusion

What we did
We have carried out Operation equinox to combat underage consumption of alcohol within the area of the Ynys which has resulted in a large quantity of alcohol being confiscated. we have also worked in partnership with Trading Standards to target over age individuals purchasing alcohol for teenagers from local off licences. We continue to patrol the area on a regular basis. Pcso 55413 Steve Moseley
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