Please
understand that the day's activities shown above are only an example of a
typical day for your local bobby. It is not my intention to trivialise any
of the issues depicted merely an attempt to show you how diverse and
frustrating the role of a community officer can be. Many of the issues are
real concerns for the residents of Writtle and I do understand the upset
when it appears that nothing is being done. Please accept that I know these
are real problems and as I write this real action is being taken to try and
deal with those responsible.
Unfortunately the vast majority of the problems that affect Writtle are
caused by Writtle residents. Most of the offending vehicles outside Writtle
Post Office are Writtle people who are just too lazy to use the available
free car park 50 metres away. The youths who cause untold misery to
residents in the Long Brandocks area and The Green with their anti-social
behaviour are Writtle children. I would like to take this opportunity to ask
parents to consider the following. If your child goes out on a regular basis
in the evening do you really know where he or she is going and what they are
up to? Take the opportunity to take a walk around the Village of an evening
to visit Long Brandocks shops or The Green and witness for yourselves the
intimidating anti-social behaviour of youths that may well be your own
children. All too often I speak with parents of children that have come to
my notice and as far as they are concerned they had no idea their child was
even walking the streets yet alone causing problems to others.
I hope this article has been informative as well as making you smile
occasionally, but, as I trust you will understand, when we talk about Police
work, it is a serious subject and most issues that require Police
involvement are serious and normally mean that someone somewhere has
suffered as a result.
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