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 Totton and Eling Town now has two dedicated 'Accredited Community Safety Officers' supported by the Town and District Councils in conjunction with Hampshire County Council.
What powers do the Accredited Community Safety Officers have?
Issuing: fixed penalty notices for littering, graffiti, fly tipping and cycling on footpaths.
Confiscate: alcohol and tobacco from underage people.
Request: removal of abandoned vehicles.
Obtain: names and addresses of anyone acting in an anti-social manner.
The Officers are additionally carrying out proactive work with
local youth organisations and schools to try to get the right
message across to young people about acceptable behaviour.
The number to contact for the Accredited Community Safety
Officers for Totton and Eling is (023) 8066 7497. If they are on
duty they will answer your call, but if off duty you can leave them
a message and they will come back to you, or deal with what’s
been reported.
To learn more about the role of the Accredited Community Safety Officers visit:-
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/communitysafety
In addition to the two Accredited Community Safety Officers, the Police have 4 Police Community Safety Officers, who will work in co-operation with the Local Authority Officers. Although they will be tasked separately they both have similar roles in ensuring that anti-social behaviour is dealt with promptly in the Town.
The number to contact for Police assistance to anti-social
behaviour type problems is 101.
To learn more about the role of the Police Community Safety
Officer
visit:-http://www.hampshire.police.uk/Internet/localpolicing/safer/pcsos.htm
Latest news
COUNCIL GET TOUGH ON INCONSIDERATE CYCLIST ON PAVEMENTS
Following a number of complaints the Town Council has decided to get tough on cyclists who blatantly disregard the cycling regulations on Town Centre pavements and footways in the Civic Centre area.
The Accredited Community Safety Officers have recently been targeting the areas following complaints by elderly people that they had nearly been knocked over by inconsiderate cyclist hurtling through the area. Town Clerk, Derek Biggs said “there is no excuse to cycle through the area which is used extensively by elderly people and young children who do not expect to have to dodge high speed bikes charging along the paths. They only need to push their bikes for a very short distance”.
The Accredited Community Safety Officers have already issued several £50 fixed penalty notices, given yellow cards to a number of young cyclist and warned a considerable number of other persons. The Council hopes that the message will get through that Town Centre pavements and paths used by pedestrians are totally unsuitable for cyclist and cause danger.
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