I live in a small close in an end terrace, the side of my house is always being hit by footballs and tennis balls. There is also a big green patch infrount of the house and there is usually between 5 and 20 kids aged 3 to 16 out there. They put rubish in my gardens, hit the house with paintballs, play loud music, swear, and have recently smashed a double glazed window with a large rock. They have dented our car and thrown rotten food in the garden, I can't let my dogs out without checking the whole garden first. We are tired of staying inside with all the windows and cutains shut. What can we do? We are afraid to report it as we don't want things to get worse. Every time I have spoken to them, it has made things worse. We are fed up, it starts at 8am and goes on all day and night!
2006-08-04 09:16:45 · 15 answers · asked by kara_and_craig 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Buy a paintball gun and take your revenge. They will be easily marked for the police and they will feel the sting of the paintballs long after you've cleaned up your house.
2006-08-04 09:22:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call the police or to City Hall - but before you do - gather info./evidence to show the police of what is going on. Make a strong case, and let the police straighten them out. Chanves are the police will give you extra patrol and will tell them that.
Don'y do anything wrong like using a paintball gun, because then you are doing what they do and are responsible for it. Take the proper channels. You are the victim if crimes so let the offenders deal with what they have done. They will get the message. They will break up or go somewhere else without resistance.
2006-08-04 09:29:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
call the police dont be scared that it would get any worse , because your feeling scared and not confronting them , is making them even more brave, dont be scared,
I pretty shocked to hear about a 3 year old invovled whats happening in this world, isnt there any one else that complain or take your side,
call the police also film it on video everything , before you call the cops, start film when they start and make sure it sure the time on your camera , who ever is invovled film they faces, call the cops and you have a huge evidence against them and can proscute them , dont be scared at at, but definately film it and hand it too the police they cant deny anything at all, and make sure you film it all day to for perhaps a week to show it as proof. and dont tell any one
get a solicitor at once too
a little hard work is earns alot at the end good luck
please please do as I told you
I just remembered something you can get a restraining order that they not allowed yards near you or feets I think do that, too
2006-08-04 09:28:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to contact the police, the local council, the enviromental agency and your local councillors, if you know who your local mp is then write to him/her as well.
make sure you keep a detailed diary, make a note of everything that happens, make notes of the persons involved, if you dont know names then put down what clothes they are wearing and anything that might distinguish them.
unfortunately, if you are too resolve what is going on around you, then you are going to have to complain. ask your neighbours, see if anyone else is suffering will they complain with you. strength in numbers.
do you have a residents association where you live, they might be able to help. every area in britian has a community police officer [now called community beat managers] contact yours, ask them for advice on handling the situations, ask them if they will do walkabouts or drive throughs at random times during the day and evening and move the kids on if they are causing a disturbance.
I live on an end terrace with a large area of grass five yards from my home, so i appreciate your problems. we try to ignore a lot of what goes on, but if there is a lot of kids out and they are playing football or cricket then my hub takes our children out and joins in [sometimes they knock on for them]. is this an option for you maybe??
if you live in a council or housing association property ask them for a move, if you own the house then i can only advise you to follow the steps above.
good luck.
2006-08-04 09:32:09 · answer #4 · answered by cross_sox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speak to the police and the local council. They both have responsibilities to tackle anti-social behaviour. Be sure to get your councillor and MP involved - my council is useless and the only time I got them to do anything was to harangue the councillor.
Do not be afraid of them, otherwise they will walk all over you.
It may be a long job, but you can beat them if you make as much a nsuisance of yourself with the local authority and police as they are making of themselves.
Good luck.
2006-08-04 09:28:54 · answer #5 · answered by izzieere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need control of Money/Power/Wealth something you don,t get letting everyone push you around! Majority rule not phony representative government and a voting system that's all showtime no legitimacy! Quit being so easily fooled take a stand fight back! break out a shot-gun you'll get free new living quarters then! How long has this country suck for you? Me way to long but i will fight!
2006-08-04 09:34:13 · answer #6 · answered by bulabate 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to report the behaviour to the police... any threats or threatening behaviour needs to be reported. You will want to ensure that they do not know that it was you that reported them as you do not want to be the target of anymore of their vandolism . You shouldn't have to live in the way that you are ... stuck inside in fear, plus your house and car getting damaged. I know all about it ... it's happened to friends too. You have to report, report, report, report. And if they scare the life out of you with threats, just carry a camera and try to get a picture of their face that they can be identified from later... don't worry .. they don't hang about long enough for you to get the photo.
2006-08-04 09:26:40 · answer #7 · answered by M J H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you say ur afraid to report it incase it causes trouble but that exactly wot ur getting now!!! u dont get a blue peter badge off them for taking all this rubbish off them. report it and talk to other neighbours and see if any of them will back u up. councils are (supposedly) cutting down on anti social behaviour so dont be afraid to go see them because as i said ur getting loads of hassle from them now so reporting them isnt gonna make a big difference. things wont get sorted until u let the council know. they cant thelp with a problem they dont know nothing about
good luck
2006-08-04 09:25:51 · answer #8 · answered by Barson 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the police, keep a diary to log all the instances of anti social behaviour, also you could contact the council I think they have jurisdiction over things like this too.
However it is very difficult to stop this sort of thing, you may have to consider moving.
2006-08-04 09:31:30 · answer #9 · answered by Jude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get in touch with your local authority,they are the people who monitor this sort of problem,they pass on the details to the police
2006-08-04 09:40:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋