Nottinghamshire Police neighbourhood teams are taking a number of measures to reduce anti-social behaviour, drinking and prostitution at a popular city centre recreation area. The Forest Recreation Ground had become a hotspot for antisocial behaviour with officers receiving frequent calls about offending in and around the site.
Now, Nottinghamshire Police and its partners have introduced CCTV cameras, extra high-visibility patrols, improved lighting, providing Ring doorbells for neighbouring homes and ANPR cameras. Four new CCTV cameras are set to be installed at the site over the coming weeks through Safer Streets funding – taking the total around the park to eight.
Sergeant Dan Griffin, of the City Central neighbourhood policing team, said: “Forest Rec is a great example of an area where people have identified problems with antisocial behaviour to us and we have responded. The area has previously had problems with street drinking, drug use, prostitution and other antisocial behaviour which has had a detrimental impact on people living nearby as well as those using the recreation area.
