West Midlands Police officers, Trading Standards, Environmental Health and Licensing teams led a joint operation on the busy road to address complaints of alleged illegal vendors. The action came following a mass of complaints from residents, who claimed Ramadan turned into '30 days of hell' on Coventry Road.
Excellent, robust action is just what's needed he...
Angry chants, pig noises and blaring car horns echoed down Coventry Road as police were chased away trying to speak to pop-up market traders. On what was supposed to be a night of community engagement in Ramadan, crowds turned on officials responding to concerns about anti-social behaviour on the Small Heath-based road.
Oh.
Prior to the operation, Sergeant James Newton, Supervisor for Small Heath and Highgate, said: "The purpose is to enforce legislation around illegal pop-up trading tents, nuisance, anti-social behaviour and general increase. We have seen a marked increase of dissatisfaction from the local community about illegal trading, which creates heavy foot flow in the area and has a direct impact on the local community.
"The ultimate goal is to reassure the public..."
Do you think they are reassured, James?
3 comments:
Heh!
It appears the police farce are showing just how useless they really are unless it is normal people going about their normal business in which case that arrive mob handed and arrest all the gollies.
"...just how useless they really are unless it is normal people going about their normal business..."
It certainly does seem that way, doesn't it?
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