No Respect in Bury

The Government has today announced the new ‘Respect Zones’ which are being established as part of their latest ‘attempt’ to get tough on anti social behaviour, however Bury will not receive any funding under this initiative.  It is also disappointing that as part of this plan, launched just over a year ago,  the Government promised 24,000 PCSO’s but in November abandoned this pledge.  In Bury South there is currently a dispersal order in place in parts of Whitefield, Unsworth and Prestwich which by its very nature brings in more policing but this is only a short term measure for what is unfortunately a long term problem.