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Street crime wardens<br />
Cracking<br />
down on<br />
underage<br />
drinking<br />
A trail blazing initiative has seen a<br />
crack team of wardens sent into<br />
<strong>Islington</strong>’s busiest streets.<br />
The 11 street crime wardens are focussing on<br />
four crime hot spots in the Archway, the Nags<br />
Head, the Angel and Finsbury Park.<br />
These new street patrols will be the eyes and<br />
ears of the community and help police identify<br />
crack houses, search for missing people and<br />
track down vehicles used in robberies and<br />
burglaries. They will also report anti-social<br />
behaviour, graffitti and fly tipping and form a<br />
vital part of plans to reduce crime and the fear<br />
of crime as well as improve the street<br />
environment.<br />
Adama, one of the wardens said: “I’ve grown<br />
up in Finsbury Park and so I know the<br />
dangers on the streets. I can help reassure<br />
people and reduce the fear of crime just by<br />
being a presence on the street.”<br />
<strong>Islington</strong>’s new street crime wardens had a<br />
month’s intensive training which included<br />
human rights law, conflict management and<br />
dealing with people. They then shadowed the<br />
waste enforcement team dealing with<br />
abandoned vehicles and graffiti removal and<br />
worked with trading standards on illegal street<br />
trading.<br />
“<strong>Islington</strong> is a diverse and friendly borough<br />
and I wanted a job where I felt I was doing<br />
something worthwhile.” said 33 year old Anil.<br />
“The public’s reaction has been very positive,<br />
lots of people stop us in the street to<br />
encourage us and tell us how much they<br />
support the scheme.”<br />
In a recent exercise carried out by<br />
<strong>Islington</strong> <strong>Council</strong>, a 14 year old girl<br />
was able to buy alcohol in 14 out of<br />
20 shops visited.<br />
All the shops were in the Holloway Road<br />
area – the volunteer teenager who was<br />
working with council officers was able to<br />
buy wine, lager and ‘alcopops’.<br />
Retailer information packs are being sent<br />
out so that sellers are fully aware of the<br />
consequences of selling alcohol to people<br />
who are underage. Future monitoring will<br />
also take place.<br />
Breakfast<br />
clubs boom<br />
Brighter safer streets<br />
The first new street lights under the<br />
council’s £25m private finance<br />
initiative have been installed in Anson<br />
Road, Tuffnell Park.<br />
Under the five year scheme, 8,500 lamp<br />
columns, traffic signs and pedestrian crossing<br />
lights will be replaced with equipment<br />
meeting modern standards. The work is<br />
being carried out by the council’s contractors,<br />
Seeboard.<br />
The upgrade is being phased on a street-bystreet<br />
basis to minimise parking disruption to<br />
residents. Not all street lights or streets<br />
are affected. If work is planned for your<br />
street, you will receive a letter.<br />
From April this year, all the council’s<br />
power for street lights now comes from<br />
greener sources such as wind, solar<br />
and hydroelectric.<br />
For information on the<br />
lighting replacement<br />
schedule until May 2004, ✆please call 020 7527 5000<br />
Thanks to cash from the New<br />
Opportunities Fund (NOF)<br />
breakfast clubs are booming in<br />
the borough. There are 400 new<br />
affordable early morning<br />
childcare places for children<br />
aged 5-14 in sixteen <strong>Islington</strong><br />
schools, twelve primary and four<br />
secondary.<br />
This is a boon for working parents and<br />
those who are training or seeking work.<br />
Providing a calm and safe environment<br />
in which children can start the day<br />
helps them to learn more effectively.<br />
For more information contact<br />
Sophie Blume on<br />
✆020 7527 5196<br />
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