Yapton councillor to give residents a chance to meet police sergeants following spate of anti-social behaviour
Arun District Councillor Amanda Worne (Lib Dem) is giving residents in Yapton a chance to meet their police sergeants later this month.
Local sergeants responsible for patrolling the area will be at the village hall on Monday, October 24 from 7pm. Mrs Worne hopes it will give residents a chance to raise concerns and resolve problems with antisocial behaviour in the village.
“I encourage as many to attend as possible as it will indicate to the police have many of us have been affected by the behaviour and how many want to see it stopped,” she said.
The proposed meeting comes after vandals spray-painted graffiti and burned down a dog bin in the Church Lane area last week.
Mrs Worne was particularly frustrated about the loss of the bin. “It serves a really fundamental purpose for people in the village,” she said. “So not only have we lost that, but the fire was really dangerous. It could have easily got out of control.”