Criminality in Finsbury Park

HolbornFox · September 2019

I'm not sure, I didn't slow down for, er research purposes

Scruffy · September 2019

I’m curious as to how these prostitutes were identified. Unless they’re sporting a “For rent” placard, how does one identify a prostitute just visually these days? You can’t go by ankle bracelets or short skirts and fishnets any more. Even someone idling at a street corner might just be waiting for their Uber ride.

HolbornFox · September 2019

Ankle bracelets? Utter filth.

marko · September 2019

I suspect the dog unit is out in the park.

LukeG · September 2019

Found a bunch of used needles next to the busted phone box at the western car entrance.. what joys. Worse thing is there isn't a bin there

miss annie · September 2019

That happens everywhere and anywhere. I work in a large shop in central London and we recently found a bag of needles dumped on our shop floor. Anywhere there are homeless people you'll have the same issue.
Also had (non homeless), mothers discarding their little darling's nappies on the shop floor, even though we have a baby changing area. People in general are grim.

gardener-joe · September 2019

Nice.

https://twitter.com/mpsnoelpark/status/1177970553120006146

joust · September 2019

I wonder if they actually did anything

Sutent · September 2019

Why do they walk around on a horse in high vis vests? Its not very subtle

joust · September 2019

It makes it safe for the hour they're there..
But is it fixing anything?

LukeG · October 2019

Yeh, I can see the dealers laughing from a mile off. You need plain clothes to do hand to hand work or just have constant foot patrols, anything in the middle is a joke

miss annie · October 2019

Distraction techniques. If you can see some very obvious policing going on there is usually something more covert in the background. Like at a big demo or rowdy football crowd when the young fellas dressed in the normcore outfits materialise out of nowhere to take down the violent trouble makers.

fwiw · October 2019

Once walking in the park near that multi-sided bench/shelter thing some youths sat there shouted "what you want, officer?" as I approached... As a non-copper I was rather surprised! And I wasn't even wearing a The North Face jacket.

LukeG · October 2019

If you're white and middle aged, likely they'll think you're a cop lel

adrienbe · October 2019

Sad really. Hopefully they will close the park at night after the review of their survey.

joust · October 2019

I think it's meant to be closed at night.
They just don't have the resources to enforce it. (Or maybe even close the gates)

LukeG · October 2019

Half the problem is that the fence is made of breakable wood, so there's not point shutting the gates if someone can go around lol

eerke · October 2019

TBH, I think locking it up makes it worse because they have a little private area. Even if the police visited more often there are no shortage of places to hide. If it was well lit & people walked through it however…

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