[joglynne]

I live in a fairly quite neighbourhood but have still had cause to ask the Police to come to sort out a gang of around 10 youths throwing rocks at my elderly neighbour's house and, on a separate occasion, a group of drunken youngsters playing chicken on the blind bend next to my house.

Can anyone tell me why the Police had to come with sirens blaring? What use is letting the hooligans know they are on their way?

I was pleased to see that the Police turned up but are they now so demoralised, by the way the court system seems to have no teeth and having their hands tied when dealing with very young offenders, that they no longer want the bother of trying to catching the little blighters.