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Originally Posted by cashman
Whilst i see that the drunks were a problem, to me this was a case of "Using a Sledgehammer" to crack a walnut,cos everyone suffers! whilst yeh say it was of no use arresting em,cos they were glad of a meal, perhaps a better way would be to not arrest em, but implement a system that gives em a spot fine. then this system would allow fer the fine to be deducted from there benefits, result- this i'm sure would have more effect on these people, n only the guilty suffer, this i am 100% certain will never happen cos the dogooders will trot out reasons why this aint fair,  |
An excellent suggestion Cashy and I will put it to the Town Centre Regeneration panel.
Not to put a downer on it but I am led to believe that many of those who are causing the problem are vagrants of no fixed abode (or 'tramps' as we used to be able to call them in days gone by). Spot fines are useless because such people have no money to give and it costs more to process the wretched paperwork than would ever be recovered. Very frustrating.
The regrettable obvious answer would be for people to stop giving them money but it's a rather heartless thing to try and suggest to the public at large as a solution and certainly not something I would advocate.