Nottingham City Council has announced a new measure to reduce the 'problem of begging' on Nottinghams streets. A press release given out yesterday (Feb 27th) states: 'Nottingham City Council is urging members of the public to help them eliminate begging in the city by erecting signs in begging hotspots telling them to call the anti-social behaviour helpline if they see individuals begging'
The Council's 'respect for Nottingham' website states: The aim of the Respect for Nottingham strategy is to clean up the City’s streets, take an uncompromising stand against begging, street prostitution and drug dealing and demonstrate that Nottingham is not a soft touch for those bent on criminality and damaging the quality of life in the city. Interesting how they consider begging as 'criminal' and damaging the quality of life for others...
Links: Council's press release | Police escalates offensive crackdown culture poster drive | Respect for Nottingham
Should this man be treated like a criminal?
Tash Pix
Nottingham City Council press release:
Monday, February 27, 2006
BEGGING HOTSPOTS HIGHLIGHTED
Nottingham City Council is urging members of the public to help them eliminate begging in the city by erecting signs in begging hotspots telling them to call the anti-social behaviour helpline if they see individuals begging.
The helpline will log details of the call and pass them on to Community Protection Officers (Wardens), the Police or CCTV Control Centre to enable an appropriate response. This will allow members of the public to directly contribute to the fight against anti-social behaviour by providing evidence of begging which will enable further enforcement action to be taken.
The move is part of the Respect for Nottingham initiative which aims to make the city a safer, cleaner place by tackling problems which impact on the quality of life for local people such as anti-social behaviour, drug dealing, begging and litter as well as graffiti.
The signs will initially be located in Trinity Sq/Royal Concert Hall, St James Street, Pelham Street, Asda Hyson Green and the Roman Catholic Cathedral – Derby Road. Further signs will be deployed at new hotspots locations if/as and when they became apparent.
City Council Leader, Cllr Jon Collins, said: “As a result of our ongoing and holistic campaign begging in the city centre has fallen by 85% since September 2003. The Council and the Police need assistance from members of the public to continue the fight against begging and other forms of anti-social behaviour. All calls to the helpline will be followed up and will contribute to building a picture of evidence that will enable further enforcement action to be taken against persistent and aggressive beggars.”
The helpline, 0115 9152020, is open 24hrs every day including weekends. Alternatively people can email asbhelp@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.
Stop Robbing us with council tax & scapegoating the poor
01.03.2006 03:03
Most homeless people have been ground through, abused & instutionalised by the system in borstels or the army, then thrown out, having been shown no justice,love or true discipline for yourself.
They are pimped,preyed & murdered on by businessmen"sorry crack dealers" & then sent to institutions or given addictive prescription drugs of which again make a pretty penny for billionaires here or their mates running dodgy regimes in south america or Afghanistan.
You usually get a dodgy home after years in a area you dont want to be in & are prescribed methadone to get off crack/heroin which is basically a government substitute. It doesnt get you off heroin usually, but makes a pretty penny for drug companies.
Whilst herbal prescriptions like Ibogaine proven to work are currently covered up because they cant be easily patented for easy profit.
Dirty homeless beggars!!!!!!!the real bloody beggars have bank accounts in the Alpine mountains!!!!!!!!!
Those in power claim to care about the recent murders of mainly homeless women in Nottingham, but would so many
have been murdered & left in an obvious place like land to be developed into nottinghams new regeneration area if they werent homeless?
If Robin Hood was about today I reckon he would join with the zapatistas & the black block for a few choice words with Mr Blair & his scapegoating greedy mates
johnny