Residents Patrol Streets in UK Town Where Police Have ‘Given Up’
by Victoria Friedman Residents have formed a neighbourhood watch to patrol the streets at night in a town where police have “given up” investigating crime. The volunteers of the Foggy Furze Community Watch group in Hartlepool, which has been active for the past three months, say that they had been frustrated by the lack of support from police after being victims of crime, and decided to get together to “protect what’s ours,” reports the Hartlepool Mail. “We feel we have no option, but to try to look after ourselves,” said Darren Price, who came up with the idea of running patrols in...
by Victoria Friedman Residents have formed a neighbourhood watch to patrol the streets at night in a town where police have “given up” investigating crime. The volunteers of the Foggy Furze Community Watch group in Hartlepool, which has been active...
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