All of Nuneaton town centre under 48 hour police order to 'protect community'

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It covers the whole of the town centre, including up to the Asda store and also across to Riversley Park



A 48 hour long police dispersal order has been thrown around Nuneaton town centre. It comes after what Nuneaton and Bedworth Police say have been incidents of anti‑social behaviour in the area tonight (February 19) and over recent weeks.

There have been no details released about these incidents but the order covers the whole of the town centre, including up to the Asda store and also across to Riversley Park.

Having the order in place gives police extra powers and means they can tell individuals to leave if they are 'causing or are likely to cause harassment, alarm, or distress'.

Anyone who fails to comply to the order could face arrest. The local police team explained: "The action is being taken to protect the community and ensure the town centre remains a safe place to live, work and visit.

"If you witness anti‑social behaviour, please report it via 101 or online. In an emergency, always call 999."

The dispersal order will remain in place until 6.29pm on Saturday (February 21).

It is not the first time police have used the powers with similar dispersal orders in place.

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Dispersal orders in place to 'protect community'

Dispersal orders covering two town centres have been put in place in response to reports of anti-social behaviour.

The orders came into force in Nuneaton and Bedworth, in Warwickshire, at 20:05 GMT on Saturday and will be lifted at 20:04 GMT on Monday, police said.

They give additional powers to officers who can order people to leave the designated areas if they either cause or are likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

The action has been taken to "protect the community" and ensure the town centres remain safe, a post on the Nuneaton and Bedworth Police Facebook page, external said.

Anyone who refuses to comply with officers' requests to leave the area can be arrested, the post added.

The latest dispersal orders came into force shortly after a previous one covering Nuneaton town centre ended at about 18:30 GMT on Saturday.

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Police are dispersing groups causing antisocial behaviour in Nuneaton and Bedworth. Officers have been granted powers to direct individuals to leave certain areas for a 24-hour period.

What 'groups'? What are they not telling us?

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What happened when Nuneaton and Bedworth town centres were under 96 hour police order

The results of a 96 hour long police order across Nuneaton and Bedworth town centres have been revealed. The local policing team took the action to bring the rarely used powers into force.

At the time, it was said that this was to 'protect the community'. Initially the whole of Nuneaton town centre, including up to the Asda store and across to Riversley Park, was put under a 48 hour long order.

But then this was extended for another 48 hours to include Bedworth town centre. This extended order came to an end at 6pm last night (February 23).

The order gave police the powers to move on groups of trouble makers with the warning that if they returned, they could face arrest.

It has been confirmed to CoventryLive that five youths, who cannot be identified, were given a direction to leave using dispersal powers on Saturday night (February 21) following the dispersal order being reinstated.

No-one breached the direction to leave and no arrests were made.

In a statement, Nuneaton and Bedworth Safer Neighbourhood Team Inspector Ryan Walker explained why the dispersal order was put into place.

"During school half term, we knew there would be more young people out and about with the potential for a rise in anti-social behaviour (ASB)," Inspector Walker said.

“We want everyone to be able go about their business, so to avoid this, and as part of our community engagement activity, we have a range of powers we can use as and when needed.

“Our key police power here is a dispersal order, which we use where necessary. This gives us powers to order someone to leave the area for a set time period. If they refuse to leave or if they try to come back in that period, we arrest them.

“Where we see criminal behaviour in young people we work with our partner agencies to address it. This often initially involves joint police and key partner visits to parents and guardians.”

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