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Bradford Council Moves To Curb Anti Social Behaviour In Hotspot City Centre

Wednesday, 10 February 2016 14:07

Bradford Council is applying for a public space protection order to tackle anti-social behaviour and stop people taking legal highs and misusing alcohol in the city centre.

The order will prevent people taking drink or drugs in an area that takes in the whole of the city centre including some parts of Manchester Road, the area around the University and the college and City Park.

 

If people are seen drinking alcohol or taking legal highs in the specified area, police community support officers and anti-social behaviour officers can intervene and confiscate the drink or the drugs. If they refuse to co-operate, the officers can issue a fixed penalty notice.

 

The application will go to the regulatory and appeals committee on Wednesday, 17 February and then there will be a consultation period for six weeks.

 

The Council by-laws covering street drinking came into force in 2004 and are still current. These are Designated Public Place Orders (DPPOs). These relate to areas that have experienced alcohol-related disorder or nuisance and will be superseded by the Public Space Portection Orders (PSPOs).

 

They will be superseded by the Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) that can be brought in, even when an area has not been subjected to alcohol-related disorder.

 

Coun Arshad Hussain, Bradford Council's Executive Member for Neighbourhoods and Community Safety, said: "We are determined to make the city centre a safer and more attractive place for visitors and for people who work here.

 

"We therefore want to send out the message that we won't tolerate people using these so called legal highs or drinking alcohol in the city centre and then going onto cause anti-social behaviour.

 

"The businesses are very much on board as they too want the city centre to be a pleasant place to shop or to have a meal or drink on their premises."

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