The Brent Trades council has expressed concerns that provisions to prevent excess noise could interfere with civil liberties. Image: Getty.
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Anti-social behaviour in Brent will no longer be tolerated. Offenders will face fines up to £1000 as part of the councils mission to “protect the law-abiding majority from an anti-social majority”.
The decision was made by Brent council’s community cabinet to issue three new public space protection orders. Spitting, littering, urination, drinking in public streets, and even walking more than four dogs at a time will be covered by these new orders.
Local resident Jenny Griffin says that “drinking has no limits on the streets”. As a barmaid at Tony’s Bar, Jenny believes that drinking is safest inside facilities that are specially trained to facilitate alcohol consumption, like pubs.
According to Jenny, anti-social behaviour had given the community a bad reputation and deterred potential customers from Tony’s Bar. She has welcomed the public protection orders as a way to boost the hospitality industry.
But, these fines have not been as welcomed in other sectors of the Brent community.
The Brent Trades council has expressed concerns that provisions to prevent excess noise could interfere with civil liberties like protesting.
The Casey report became a decisive factor in the provision of these fines.
It described the rowdy scenes from Wembley during the Euro football final as “disgraceful”, and complained that England supporters had “recklessly endangered lives”.
The report recommended a ban on alcohol consumption in the surrounding areas of Wembley stadium. Now, two years later, this recommendation is to permanently enforced throughout the entire borough.
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Anti-social behaviour in Brent will no longer be tolerated. Offenders will face fines up to £1000 as part of the councils mission to “protect the law-abiding majority from an anti-social majority”.
The decision was made by Brent council’s community cabinet to issue three new public space protection orders. Spitting, littering, urination, drinking in public streets, and even walking more than four dogs at a time will be covered by these new orders.
Local resident Jenny Griffin says that “drinking has no limits on the streets”. As a barmaid at Tony’s Bar, Jenny believes that drinking is safest inside facilities that are specially trained to facilitate alcohol consumption, like pubs.
According to Jenny, anti-social behaviour had given the community a bad reputation and deterred potential customers from Tony’s Bar. She has welcomed the public protection orders as a way to boost the hospitality industry.
But, these fines have not been as welcomed in other sectors of the Brent community.
The Brent Trades council has expressed concerns that provisions to prevent excess noise could interfere with civil liberties like protesting.
The Casey report became a decisive factor in the provision of these fines.
It described the rowdy scenes from Wembley during the Euro football final as “disgraceful”, and complained that England supporters had “recklessly endangered lives”.
The report recommended a ban on alcohol consumption in the surrounding areas of Wembley stadium. Now, two years later, this recommendation is to permanently enforced throughout the entire borough.
