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Originally Posted by Neil
So what would you suggest?
I disagree about more people not picking up during day light. He works shifts anyway so there might not be any extra wages costs. Is double time a guess or a fact for working evenings?
I think this is a good idea but what I want to see is how many people are being caught and fined in the paper each week.
I have noticed a lot more dog mess on our streets and in the parks at the moment. It is always the same at this time of year when it is dark. More people than usual decide not to pick up the mess because they assume they wont be seen by anyone.
Used correctly this equipment could soon be paid for by the extra fines handed out and we could have less mess on the streets.
If anyone has a better idea then why not suggest it instead of just moaning about our council trying to keep our borough clean?
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Neil,you want to know how many people are being caught and fined?
50 people have been fined in HBC in
3 years!That's one every 3 weeks, raising £3750 pounds.
This is the result won by a
team of dog wardens(number not specified) who as you say work shifts and I assume full time.
If HBC suffers so badly from dog fouling how come that's the best they can do? It's
they who should be fined for failure to perform.
Equip them with expensive night vision glasses and cameras? Come on, that's going too far-if they can't catch anyone in daylight what chance have they in the dark?
Cost effective? There's still poo everywhere(as you say) and this team have raised £25/week in fines(less the administration costs!). So perhaps we can agree it's
not cost effective and it's
not working.
Everyone on this thread has agreed that leaving your dogs poo in a public place is disgraceful- the fuss is about the stupid expensive idea of night vision glasses and fancy cameras.