Anti Social Behaviour

A catapult crackdown is in effect across the county as neighbourhood Kent Police officers continue to respond to residents’ concerns about anti-social behaviour (ASB).

Constables and Police Community Support Officers have been taking action to tackle the use of catapults to harm people and wildlife, or to cause criminal damage, by searching anyone suspected of doing so and seizing any items they find. Investigations are also being carried out into possible offences and those found responsible risk being arrested and brought before the courts.

Neighbourhood officers have brought some robust enforcement to Sittingbourne in response to recent reports of anti-social behaviour.

A dispersal order was instigated in the town’s retail park over the weekend between 5pm on Friday (29th November) until 5pm yesterday (Sunday 1st December). Officers were deployed to the area after business owners and shoppers raised their concerns about the conduct of some visitors.