The inspector leading work to tackle anti-social behaviour in Beeston says "finger wagging" will not solve the problem. Inspector Mike Ebbins says that despite incidents including verbal abuse from children as young as nine, he has not met anyone in Beeston who wants to see people prosecuted.
Inspector Ebbins says that building a "rapport" with the young people involved is more important in bringing down the number of incidents. Beeston's anti-social behaviour problem has been the focus of Operation Potassium, led by Nottinghamshire Police and Broxtowe Borough Council.
The main element of the operation has been specially funded overtime shifts by officers who conduct patrols in the Beeston and Chilwell area. Given that the number of incidents has now dropped by around a third from the peak last August, the last dedicated Operation Potassium patrol took place on January 26.
