Dispersal Order in Forest Fields
Published:
April 14, 2011 16:45
by Stanley Laurie |
Neighbourhoods: forest_fields
A dispersal order will be in place in Forest Fields from Saturday 16th April until 5th Oct 2011
I have just been reliably told that a dispersal order has been approved for the Forest Fields area of Nottingham. This begins on Saturday 16th of April and runs until 5th of October 2011 which at 6 months is the maximum length for such an order.
This will allow Police and CPO's the power to disperse groups of 2 or more people should they have reason to believe that their behaviour has resulted or is likely to result in any member of the public being intimidated, harassed alarmed or distressed.
Failure to comply is a criminal offence!
Needless to say there has been no community consultation on this.
I have uploaded a map of the area the dispersal order covers, which are the natural boundaries of Forest Fields from Sherwood Rise to Noel Street, and Gregory Boulevard to Gladstone Street.
I understand the police will be placing notices on lamposts as a way of informing the community, a pathetic way of communicating this example of reactionary and completely over the top style of policing.
If I hear any more I will post on here, in the meantime if anyone has any comments or suggestions what the Forest Fields community can do about this use the comments section below.
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WTF?
Published: April 14, 2011 17:55
by
DeadRussian
Any links yet?
I agree with the commentator, we should be mobilizing the whole community behind it.
smash police state
Published: April 14, 2011 18:17
by
ftp
This needs to be made unenforceable. Area Copwatch would be a good idea. Regular defiance actions to stretch police resources. Counter-posters/notices. Impose costs by escalating whatever kinds of activities they're trying to stop (e.g. graffiti-blitz the area, sab the cameras, etc). Maybe copy the posters and set up a bogus dispersal zone in one of the rich areas, "to control corporate crime" (using the police posters as the template). I have heard of cases in Italy where police enforcing this kind of thing get ambushed, but that might be wishful thinking here.
Depending on the situation, bust cards / know your rights might work too. On the whole, they seem to have stopped using these because the courts ruled they weren't allowed to forcibly remove children under them (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2005/jul/21/ukcrime.immigrationpolicy) If this means the zone is unenforceable (someone with legal knowledge needs to find out?), we could make it very difficult for them.
this is stupid,disperersing known troublemakers or those
Published: April 14, 2011 18:19
by
freeperson
blatantly repeatedly pissing people off agressively etc I have no problem with.
But this is BS, you could ask for a licence to hold the party, last time I tried to hold a street party officially with a known neighbourhood group in NG5 I got no reply from police officer. We should be able to get licences for this without all the hassle,
Street Parties
Published: April 14, 2011 21:59
by
Party Animal
http://www.streetparty.org.uk/residents/residents-guide.aspx#road-closure
confirmed
Published: April 14, 2011 22:50
by
DeadRussian
This has been confirmed by a member of staff Radford police station this evening; due to "anti social behavior" apparently
Keep an eye on the streets
Published: April 15, 2011 09:03
by
Copwatcher
Maybe it's time we started keeping an eye out for extra police patrols and harassment of youth. If the cops are challenged every time they kick off they might start getting tired of bullying people.
And I think a street party would be wicked!
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Street Party
On Saturday April 30th, following the May Day demo in town we should have a steet party along Gladstone. Bring your sound systems, bring your food and booze to share, bring some resistance to the Fields.