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30 crimefighters on patrol in Bolton
8:26pm Wednesday 7th May 2008
A CRIME-fighting force of 30 people has been on patrol in a Bolton community.
But they are not all police officers.
Members of the public joined regular bobbies, fire officers and Bolton Council officials for a neighbourhood walk to identify troublespots in Horwich.
Residents, ranging from children to pensioners and wearing high-visibility jackets, pointed out examples of graffiti and vandalism in the Horwich West policing district. Officers said they would remedy the problems.
And the police used the opportunity to show residents areas they had improved upon in recent months, including the trouble-plagued Station Park.
Horwich community beat manager PC Andy Vernon, who organised the walk, said he was delighted at how well Tuesday evening's event went.
He said: "It has been brilliant. We've had a cracking turn out and people have made quite a few positive comments.
"Various grot-spots have been identified and those areas are now going to be looked at.
"I'm sure it will have had a positive impact on the Horwich West community."
Insp Mo Razaq, Bolton West area inspector, added: "This is a new way of thinking. It allows people to speak to us face to face and raise any issues they have with us."
Cllr Stephen Rock, leader of Horwich Town Council, joined the walk along with fellow town councillors. He said: "This has been a really good opportunity for us to show the officers from Bolton Council the problems we've been facing.
"I think it's important for them to see it at first hand."
Similar walks have taken place in Westhoughton, Tonge Fold and Hall i'th' Wood. There are plans to hold more across Bolton in the coming months.
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The Horwich Observer, Horwich says...
9:05pm Wed 7 May 08
nijinski, C-le-D says...
9:43pm Wed 7 May 08
BoltonDave, Tonge Moor says...
9:47pm Wed 7 May 08
nijinski wrote:Andrew from Bury or Leroy, whoever you are, as usual you are talking out of your PC arse!
How can it be a disgrace when the council and cops are actually listening the locals?! Twisted logic, BoltonDave! Or are you doing a bit of cheap police-bashing? Probably a bit of both. In fact, anything they do will probably be never good enough in your eyes. Must be so hard being perfect...
Kindly go and find a field to rot in.
RagReader, Horwich says...
10:18pm Wed 7 May 08
BoltonDave wrote:What a way with words!
nijinski wrote: How can it be a disgrace when the council and cops are actually listening the locals?! Twisted logic, BoltonDave! Or are you doing a bit of cheap police-bashing? Probably a bit of both. In fact, anything they do will probably be never good enough in your eyes. Must be so hard being perfect...Andrew from Bury or Leroy, whoever you are, as usual you are talking out of your PC arse! Kindly go and find a field to rot in.
BoltonDave, Tonge Moor says...
10:21pm Wed 7 May 08
gm, lancs says...
1:09am Thu 8 May 08
mrfusion, Notlob says...
6:21am Thu 8 May 08
It's nothing but a gimmick to try and reassure people they're listening when all it does is make the community weary and fed up.
I'm pretty sure that they'll have known about these crime hotspots from calls the public have made in the past anyway...
mrfusion, Notlob says...
6:22am Thu 8 May 08
mrfusion, Notlob says...
6:24am Thu 8 May 08
Insp Mo Razaq, Bolton West area inspector, added: "This is a new way of thinking. It allows people to speak to us face to face and raise any issues they have with us."
So are you saying you never listened to people face to face before?
RagReader, Horwich says...
8:02am Thu 8 May 08
gm wrote:Very good comment from gm, a lot more sensible than Bolton Dave's about another poster,
the local community attended and got a chance of their opinion face to face with the police and council together, if they'd of made decisions without consulting the local community they'd of been slagged off, now they have involved them they are slagged off, all those concerned got off their backsides to at least try to improve where they live, they could of sat on their backsides at a pc screen and just blogged each other and **** everything
'Kindly go and find a field to rot in.'
Time he read the T & C's
chas, suffolk says...
9:32am Thu 8 May 08
It appears that today they are moved on, too frequently.
parishner, bolton says...
11:21am Thu 8 May 08
mrfusion wrote:this is classic excuse,talk try and contact an inspector,to voice your complaints,all the police are doing is manipulating,the statistics,they are managers,low level crime and above is brushed under the,carpet keeps the figures down.........the vandals car theives,they dont respect mr razaq or any of his cpos..real officers,they have it all there own way,and they know it...need a cop fri/sat go to towncentre piles of em.
Somthing I missed... Insp Mo Razaq, Bolton West area inspector, added: "This is a new way of thinking. It allows people to speak to us face to face and raise any issues they have with us." So are you saying you never listened to people face to face before?
parishner, bolton says...
11:27am Thu 8 May 08
chas wrote:i suggest the concillors,go to the police station random,one midweek evening and see hoe the police sevice operates,be lucky if theres 6 cops in bolton,most nights..no wonder elections are damp squid????
I remember the days when coppers patrolled their own beat for years and they knew what was happening and who was doing it. It appears that today they are moved on, too frequently.
don060541, devon says...
2:28pm Thu 8 May 08
Whats the point of catching them they do sod all when if they do catch them,
Well they do say dont do it again please or send the persistent ones on holiday to get rid of there stress,
Birch the bast---- that will stop them,
nijinski, C-le-D says...
3:35pm Thu 8 May 08
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BoltonDave, Tonge Moor says...
8:31pm Wed 7 May 08
Absolutely bloody disgraceful what this country has come to!