Exeter city safety team given new anti-social behaviour powers
The team launched in August 2024 as a joint venture between police, the city council and local businesses.Police said members of the community safety team carry out patrols in areas identified as anti-social behaviour hotspots.It also enforces Public Spaces Protection Orders, which have the power to ask people spotted drinking on the street or doing aggressive begging to leave the area.
'Blights people's lives'
Chief Constable James Vaughan said anti-social behaviour was an issue the force wanted to "drive down". "Anti-social behaviour blights people's lives and we're really keen to reduce it wherever we can," he added.
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