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Parents in Nottingham could face criminal and civil consequences if they fail to control their children amid a major police crackdown on anti-social behaviour in the city centre. Nottinghamshire Police says children as young as 10 are already known to officers, with some repeatedly linked to disorder, intimidation and criminal damage. LBC was given access to officers on patrol in Nottingham as part of Operation View, a dedicated response targeting youth anti-social behaviour in the city centre. Police say the problems include youngsters climbing onto the roofs of empty buildings, throwing stones, eggs and water at members of the public, harassing shop staff and gathering in large groups while wearing balaclavas. Read more here: https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/police-tackle-anti-social-youths-5HjdYp6_2/ #crime #crimenews #LBC #uknews #debate #truecrime #nottingham LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup
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How do you tackle an epidemic of youth antisocial behaviour
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LBC's been given access to the front line with officers here in Nottingham who are trying to tackle it
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This is Nottingham, a city once known for its problems with gun crime, earning it the nickname Shottingham
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But now it's antisocial behaviour that riddles this city. Children as young as 10 are known to the police as troublemakers
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and finding themselves being arrested day in, day out. Climbing on the roofs of derelict shops, throwing stones and water on passers-by
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and intimidating people as they move around in large numbers wearing balaclavas
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This is Operation View in Nottingham. It's a hot Tuesday afternoon in the city centre just after 3pm and I'm heading to Byron House
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the city centre police station ahead of a briefing for officers who'll be heading out to try and keep
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the youngsters in line. Alongside Nottinghamshire Police is security staff from the nearby shopping
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centre and staff from Nottingham City Council. The photos are taken of those involved
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They'll be ground and any two is pent up themselves. Section 35, the current number for that is there
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The April occurrence. This new dedicated operation means parents will face the consequences
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of their children's antisocial behaviour, facing criminal and civil consequences, including potentially being thrown out of their council houses
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if their children repeatedly commit offences. After the briefing, it's now time for us to head out on patrol
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and we're starting in some known ASB hotspots. This is one area where they come because, as you can see
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we've done a bit of a loop round and it's just off the main market square
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So we do get it because, if nothing else, you can see that there is graffiti and stuff that happens in these alleyways
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because ultimately it's out of quite so much line of sight. it's clearly still a public footpath
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and you've got public toilets and other shops and premises However these sort of alleyways and stuff if there is no CCTV and there no visible enforcement present then that is going to clearly sort of lend itself to more
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antisocial behaviour. So it's important that when we do our patrols, we're coming down here
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Next up, officers are continuing their patrols down Exchange Walk, which leads to an old shopping
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centre, the Broadmarsh, and the bus station. But we're stopping off at a fast food restaurant
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that has been subjected to terrible antisocial behaviour both inside and outside of their business
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Have you had any recent issues of antisocial behaviour? I know there was quite a bad one a few weeks ago
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that we came out and helped deal with. LBC's been given the body cam footage
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of one of the balaclava-clad teenagers who'd been arrested in connection with their behaviour at this restaurant
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He was arrested and taken home to his parents who were told about what he'd been up to
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So we are now! I know where you are! What are you doing
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That's my arm. Right, admit it, you're under arrest on suspicion of criminal damage. Right
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You don't have to say anything, mate, I'm your chance to do not mention something related to my uncle
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You're taking me home, then? They've run up their little alleyway. You're taking me home, then
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You're under arrest at the minute, mate. No, I'm taking you home man
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That's very much not your decision at the minute mate. Leave my leg up bro
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I've already done nothing. I've already done nothing. Tara Zaman is the manager of this restaurant and told us how Operation View and these police officers are helping them crack on with their job
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job. I think it's very important. I mean, one for the safety of the people that work here, also for
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the safety of our customers. Using gaps above and beneath gates like the one behind me, police say
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young people in the city are getting onto the roofs of empty buildings where they throw eggs
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stones and water on people who are just trying to go to work or have a nice meal out. And they say
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it's behavior like that that must stop. There's sort of a stairwell area
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and that is where they've also been running and throwing things around really and causing issues again So it sort of it multifaceted But then as you make your way further down Listergate as recent as last week we had kids running around on top of the roofs from Birds Bakery
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as you can see there all the way down to the abandoned building at the end and
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they just run all the way across and we get and we can we've located where the
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fire escapes are and where we think they're getting up and we've liaised with
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The council, they've, as early as at the end of last week
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boarded that up now. So in theory, we shouldn't get any more of that on that one particular hotspot
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And it's not long before we've had reports of exactly what we're out looking for
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anti-social children. Yeah, so we've had a report of five to six males
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in Balakar was potentially causing a bit of a disturbance in the city
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So we're just trying to locate them at the moment. We're just heading back towards the market square because we think they're just doing a loop
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There was some report that they were looking at some of the buildings and fire escapes
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So the concern is that they're probably just trying to either get on a roof or into a disused building
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So we'll see if we can find them. We've just come back on to a long road
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And then, even wearing their balaclavas, they're spotted. Stop, Josh
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Yeah, you've got bail cons not to be in the city centre, haven't you
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I'm not sure, I won't let. Yeah. So after that brief foot chase, we've ended up here on Upper Parliament Street
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where a 12 boy been arrested on suspicion of committing anti behaviour He known to this team who are trying to drive down this corrosive behaviour within the community He now going to be driven home on a police van to his parents
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where they will be informed of his behaviour. He's already on bail and banned from entering the city centre
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for similar offences. We can't identify him, so we've disguised his voice
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So you do know a name then, don't you? Because it's... This 12-year-old boy's been taken home to his dad's house
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We can't show the house or him, but all he really wants is his balaclava bag
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You can't have your bali back, that's what we're going to do. We're seizing the bali, but you can have everything else back
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My dad's actually recording my clip, come and record my face when I get these ankles or something
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I've got 13. That's s***. All men just want to smash your head in
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Everyone, what? Where's your dad going to be? I don't know. Stop asking me questions
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So we've got five vapes there. Obviously, the person we've got in the back of the van is 12
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And obviously, legal age, Tuesdays are 18. So we'll be taking those with us. There wasn't much of a reaction
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because I think it's such normal behaviour now. And it's every day, every other day
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that I think it's just normal. How many times have you dealt with him personally
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I wouldn't be able to count. It's every day that we're at work, his name gets mentioned
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As this scheme continues to try and tackle the scourge of antisocial behaviour in the city centre
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parents are now feeling the pressure as they could lose their home for their children's behaviour
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Nottinghamshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Gary Godden says it's important actions have consequences
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There are incidents of violets in the city, and that can be from shoplifting to antisocial behaviour
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So I want to make sure that we challenge that and really try and affect change within our city
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I think we're dealing with not just the phenomenon for Nottingham. This is a phenomenon all over the country
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And as I've already sort of said earlier on in the interview, it's about how we engage with young people
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and giving them activities to redirect them. I'm hoping that a lot of that work can be done through our partnership works
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Oh, yes
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