Badge of Honour?

20/05/2008 by admin.

Anti-social behaviour is behaviour which causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more people who are not in the same household as the perpetrator. Anti-social behaviour presents a considerable problem for neighbourhoods across the UK. 

Among the many forms it can take are: 

• abusive and intimidating language
• drunken behaviour in the streets, and the mess it creates
• excessive noise, especially late at night
• fouling the street with litter
• graffiti – which can on its own make even immaculate urban spaces look squalid unpleasant
• drug dealing all the problems that follow. 

An ASBO is a civil order, not a criminal penalty – this means it won’t appear on an individual’s criminal record. However, a breach of an ASBO is a criminal offence punishable by a fine or up to five years in prison. 

An ASBO can ban an offender from:

• continuing  the offending behaviour
• spending time with a particular group of people
•  visiting certain areas 

ASBO’s are issued for a minimum of two years. 

Combating anti-social behaviour has proved to be difficult, costly and time consuming for local authorities, housing associations and private individuals across the country.  What is often the case is that many members of troubled communities are unwilling to report anti-social behaviour, or to testify in court because of possible repercussions they can face from the perpetrators. What is needed is a solution that can provide demonstrative evidence of antisocial behaviour which can be then used in court to secure convictions against the perpetrators. But awarding the ASBO is not enough. They need to be enforced too. Some have seen the ASBO as a Badge of Honour amongst their peers simply because it has failed to be enforced with follow up action.

At Trident Investigations we can gather evidence to court standards taking in to consideration the laws under RIPA. This can be presented in photograph and video format taken from our covert cameras and vehicle installations. For further information call us Free on 0800 756 6872.

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