Posts Tagged ‘police’
Friday, May 5th, 2017
Wiltshire Police has approached the liveaboard boating community seeking people to participate in its new Independent Advisory Group (IAG) in East Wiltshire. The police are particularly looking for members of minority groups, or representatives of organisations that work with minorities or vulnerable people.
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Tags: community safety, crime, discrimination, hate crime, liveaboards, minorities, police, Wiltshire police
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Sunday, April 24th, 2016
In the week to 22nd April 2016 at least five boats on the K&A, at Pewsey and Hilperton, have been broken into. The modus operandi of the thief is very similar to that of Allan Campbell who was jailed in 2013 for a series of boat burglaries on the K&A and elsewhere.
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Tags: Allan Campbell, Boat burglaries, liveaboards, police
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Monday, April 18th, 2016
Last year over 150 people, mostly liveaboard boaters, signed a letter to Avon and Somerset and Wiltshire police forces about the concerns of liveaboard boaters, leisure boaters and residents along the western end of the K&A about the activities and behaviour of some hire boat groups, especially stag and hen parties.
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Tags: anti-social behaviour, CRT, hire boat companies, hire boats, liveaboards, meeting, police, stag parties
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Monday, October 19th, 2015
The BaNES Gypsy, Traveller, Boater and Roma Community Support Service report that over the summer they met with Chief Inspector Thatcher of Avon and Somerset Police on the issue of anti-social hire boaters. Avon and Somerset Police and Wiltshire Police have produced a joint leaflet which has been delivered by them to the hire boat companies along the western K&A, along with a message that the police will take action against drunk and anti-social behaviour from hirers and will be keeping a log of the number of reported incidents, which could result in action being taken against companies that persistently hire to this type of customer.
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Tags: hire boat companies, hire boats, liveaboards, police, Public Order Act, stag parties
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
Following discussions with liveaboard boaters, Tim Harris, the Antisocial Behaviour Officer for BaNES has asked for video evidence of stag party hire boat crews causing damage to boats or behaving offensively or abusively.
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Tags: antisocial behaviour, BaNES, hire boat companies, hire boats, liveaboards, police, stag parties
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
Two boatloads of drunk stag partygoers had their holiday terminated early by Oxfordshire Narrowboats last weekend. The boats were taken back on Saturday following numerous complaints about their behaviour.
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Tags: complaints, crime, hire boat companies, hire boats, liveaboards, Oxfordshire Narrowboats, police, Public Order Act, safety, stag parties, Susie Mercer
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