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ASBO kids in Bankeyfields Park!!
My two young children have just returned from the park with our dog to tell me that a group of teenagers with a staffy bull (off the lead) had shouted and sworn at them.
The dog was actually in the park and snapped at our dog which upset my children. Me and my husband went up to the park and asked the teenagers why the dog was not on a lead. We were greeted with a range of verbal unpleasantries and were told that there was no need for them to have their dog on a lead as it ws not vicious and would not bite anything.
I again stated that it should not a) be in the park and 
without a lead, again a barrage of abuse came back. I don't recognise them from the estate.
The park is meant to be a place for kids to play but at the moment I do not feel it is safe, there is broken glass everywhere and its getting grafitti'd up again. Any suggestions?????
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Hiya Random Sorry to hear
Hiya Random
Sorry to hear both you and your kids have had to endure this.
We've arranged for Tunstall Police's ASBO car to visit the park every evening because of the problems the park was getting. It's disheartening to hear it's happening in the day.
If and when this happens just phone the polices non -emergency number 0300 123 4455, tell them it's the Bankeyfields Park, off John Rhodes Way, tell them it's on their ASBO hotspot list, and ask them if the ASBO car or one of the community Police can come out.
As for the glass and the dog, you need to phone the council 01782 234234 and ask them if they can send a team out to clear the park of glass.However the response times vary from a day to 3 weeks, so it might be easier to get a dustpan and brush. I'd phone them to see if they can give you a time, and log the fact that it's happened though.
I'm sick and tired of it, my kids are only little and I worry that one day they are going to get cut to ribbons.
As to the dog in the park, there's a fine of £1000 it it takes a dump in there, so report the animal.
We parents should post on here to arrange a day when a lot of us can come down to the park, in force, to clean it up. It will show that we are united, but more importantly clean the place up.
I know this manages to be a bit suss, but if you can get a photo to pass onto the police, they have a big long list of cretins that are banned, or will face harsher punishments if found doing what you've described, and are only too willing to get them out of the way. Myself and a few others managed to do just that.
Please check the park, again, to see if they are there, and phone the Police number, if it's not recorded then the police don't know it's happening. If they have gone, phone 0800 561 5610 and phone the councils anti social helpline.
Matt
Bankeyfields Residents Association & Neighbourhood Watch
Hi, For the first time in a
Hi,
For the first time in a while I took my 2 year old for a walk around the playground on Saturday afternoon. Whilst we were on the toddler playground there were a gang of kids in the older section 'effing and jeffing. I picked a load of broken glass up from inside the toddler section (broken Stella bottle - which begs the question - where are Stella bottles coming from?). We then went for a walk up the steps towards the school and along the top path down the bank, only to see more kids coming from Summerbank Road direction, throwing glass bottles down the steps and towards the playground.
It's a futile ecxercise. Leave Bankeyfields park to the ASBO kids.
Stick to the playgrounds at Bathpool and Westport Lake. They're very nice. Much less like the Helmand province.
M.
You wait until your child is
You wait until your child is bigger and is nagging to go up the park, maybe your tune will be different, I don't know.
Maybe it's easier at those parks because you have officials who keep an eye on those places.
For me, my kids loving going to the park.
It's down to us to report these incidents, let other parents know, and let the Residents Association know so we can try and get something done.
If nothing is reported, what can the authorities do about it? Anti social behaviour is top of local police forces "You tell us, we did" list.
You don't have to be scared of dobbing these little scroutes in, if they don't know the limits of what they should or shouldn't be doing by now, then do we want them anywhere near our houses?
Does everyone feel the same as Marks?
They should Bring back
They should Bring back hanging. That would solve it
I agree the parks at Bathpool
I agree the parks at Bathpool and Westport are nice but not the point really when we have a perfectly good park for children resident on the estates. The park is being ruined and it comes to something when we have to travel for 10 mins to get to an alternative location due to ASBO kids spoiling the experience. I will certainley report this and will continue to do so. There was no respect shown today to my simple polite request to put the dog on a lead and refrain from using abusive language in an area for children. I would be mortified if my children spoke in this way - not that they would as they have been raised properly, to respect people, property and moreover - be polite. Thanks to all for the support today.
Yes Random, you hit the nail
Yes Random, you hit the nail on the head with kids not being respectful and being raised properly, I suspect they reflect the attitudes of their parents rather than fearing a telling off from them. A sign of the times with the nanny state, but lets not get into that. All's that can be done is try to live a long side them, not feel like victims, report the issues, and clean up their mess.
Web Monkey btw - thanks for phone number you posted - I've noted them.
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