Over the weekend, a 48 hour dispersal order was put in place in Newport under Section 34 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
This ran from 3.30pm on Saturday 10th June until 3.30pm Monday 12th June and was authorised in response to anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Church Litten, and associated criminality such as shoplifting in the town centre.
Working hard to address ASB and retail crime
The Newport Neighbourhoods Policing Team have been working hard to address ASB and retail crime in the town, and dispersal orders such as these are just one of the tactics available to us to tackle these issues.
Dispersal orders enable police to deal with any issues of anti-social behaviour a directed area more effectively, and give our officers the power to order a person to leave the area with no return within the specified time period.
Those who refuse to comply with the order are committing a criminal offence and are liable for arrest.
Breaches of dispersal order
Officers have been conducting foot patrols in the area during the dispersal period, and two men, aged 49 and 65 respectively, were ordered to disperse by police.
These two individuals subsequently breached this dispersal order and they will be reported for summons in due course.
ASB makes life miserable for local people and businesses
ASB and the associated criminality makes life miserable for local people and businesses.
We will continue to make enquiries and take action in relation to shopliftings in the town, and encourage anyone affected by ASB or retail crime to please keep reporting incidents to us so we can use the most effective tactics available to us to tackle it.
Get in touch
Anyone with information about anti-social behaviour is asked to contact police on 101, or submit information to us online via our reporting tool on the Website.
If a crime is in progress, call 999.
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