Reader's Letter: Should the council or the police be acting on this disgusting behaviour?

The Edge is in a state too. I picked up as much rubbish as I could the other day. Lots of discarded gas canisters and beer cans. Offenders should be ashamed!

Fiona
Cheshire Police are well aware of what occurs on The Edge, apart from general rubbish that comes from the average scum bag you mention gas canisters.
I did point Cheshire Police in this direction myself at the start of the lockdown . However it would appear that , some just like those beautiful people that the French navy escort to British waters for our Coastguard to pick up can do no wrong.
What’s happening at the moment isn’t quite what was expected of this government. Coronavirus will be a get out.

I hope people leaving rubbish around doesn’t become a problem, since the Coronavirus I have never seen the roads and streets so clean, and that seems to be the case in most areas. The only other thing I’ve noticed is the bagging of dog waste, being picked and bagged and then being left in hedges and fields, they’ve done the hard work.

If this is a regular occurrence at certain locations the way to catch the offenders is to install temporary [for about say, one week] security cameras. They would obviously be camouflaged and out of sight with recordings sent live to a monitoring station [perhaps manned by local volunteers who would contact the police] so that any offender could be apprehended very soon after leaving the site or tracked down later using a combination of visual identification and mobile phone ID tracking.
Any such equipment could be relocated to other sites of regular littering to catch those who think it is an ok habit and not a social nuisance.
If anyone says that this might infringe some civil liberty or human right then they can be assigned to clean up all such examples of mess for the next 5 years!
Councillors please note: this is the sort of good use on which we expect you to spend our council tax.

I agree with all the above comments. My wife and I do litter picks with the Nether Alderley Parish Group. The main offenders are teenagers and 20 somethings. This is the same generation that is supposed to care for the planet etc etc. Yet there seems to be a tolerance from the authorities of these scumbags. I would adopt a Singapore style zero tolerance and fine these "people" big time and make them clear up their mess as part of the punishment. I would then have three strikes and you're out and off to prison for say 12 months.

There is no respect anymore from certain feral sections of society. The law is weak and there is a temerity of the authorities to do anything. No guts, no leadership at any level.

I'm afraid we can only do our bit to clear up this mess like the Wombles! I would be happy though to form some kind of surveillance group to inform the police but then they would be too busy with online hate crimes!!

Well said Mark and well done to all your volunteer group. Offenders need to accompany you for a lengthy period so they can observe the respectful social standards that decent folk conduct their lives by.
I agree also with your sentiments that there is an air of indifference and "no idea what to do" attitude from the muppets who we elect to run our lives around here or employ in Cheshire East via our council tax or via our various taxes taken from us by HMRC (including vat).

Chris Jones
SUNDAY 24TH MAY 2020 AT 12:03 AM
Fiona
Cheshire Police are well aware of what occurs on The Edge, apart from general rubbish that comes from the average scum bag you mention gas canisters.
I did point Cheshire Police in this direction myself at the start of the lockdown . However it would appear that , some just like those beautiful people that the French navy escort to British waters for our Coastguard to pick up can do no wrong.
What’s happening at the moment isn’t quite what was expected of this government. Coronavirus will be a get out.


Random racism pops up everywhere.

Please do not associate me with racism....I merely mentioned that I cleared up some mess myself and that whoever the offenders were should be ashamed of themselves!!

To widen a little the topic.
The A.E. park shows its now greater usage; bottles (both glass and plastic), cans, broken glass.
Can the possibility of solar powered CCTV be re-visited?

Duncan

In your role as Parish Councillor, you worked hard to improve the facilities in the village. I am wondering whether you would consider putting your party allegiance to one side and nominate yourself to fill the vacancy created by Geoff Hall's resignation.

Fiona
I am sorry if you felt that I was accusing you of racism.
I certainly was not and I apologise if this is what you thought.
As you can see, I was just quoting the whole post from the second poster which was initially addressed to you.

Once again, I'm sorry for the confusion.

Best wishes.

Hi Muhammad,
Cor Blimey! That took me by surprise!
Given my age and decrepitude I doubt I could 'keep up the good work'.
But as you are clearly a man of good taste, I'd be more than happy to sign nomination papers in your name.
Go for it!