Maggy

It is US as a society who have abdicated all our responsibilities..We won't get involved out on the street,we would rather walk by on the other side rather than speak out.When someone does stand up to anti-social behaviour we should be backing them up but we are more likely to think that it's none of our business and leave them to it.We outnumber the yobs but we think that we shouldn't do more than complain.How many of us simply don't report any anti-social behaviour with the excuse that the police won't do anything.Yes if it's the same face over and over they may not but it 20,30,40,50 or more complain about the same problem individually then the police WILL HAVE to respond.It is us who have given up.It's time for communities to BE communities.I'm not talking vigilante I'm talking about reporting everything when it happens to the relevant authorities and to keep doing it.Do it as a neighbourhood even if it means attending lots of tedious meetings.

The trouble is that it became a sin to be a busybody and curtain twitcher.However it should be a matter of pride to be such and report suspicious and yobbish behaviour on our streets.Also I think our reliance on CCTV hasn't helped.It means that we think others will be looking and doing something about it and we don't act when we should.

It's not the government or the local council or the police it is US as a whole who need to work together as a united society to tackle such behaviour.