On a monthly basis the police meet with representatives from pubs and bars in the area as part of the local Pubwatch scheme, to discuss licensing issues and individuals who have acted in a violent or anti-social manner.
Pubwatch schemes may take action against individuals, in the form of a ban, for anti-social behaviour in licensed premises such as verbal abuse, violence, theft and vandalism.
A vote to determine the action against these individuals is called at the meetings and those individuals nominated and banned by the Pub Watch are then not allowed in licensed premises in the area for a fixed period of time.
There are currently twenty-one people on a Pub Watch ban in the Wilmslow area. Pictures of those banned are displayed on a secure website for the premises to view so they can prevent any breaches.
PCSO Hopkins said: "Working together with the licensed premises on Pub Watch has had a positive effect on the night time economy. The Pub Watch will continue to monitor and ban individuals who choose to act in an inappropriate manner and we will continue to support them with this."
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The Crime and Disorder Act (1998) defines anti-social behaviour as follows:
‘Acting in a manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household as (the defendant).’
The more recent Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 defines anti-social behaviour as follows:
1. conduct that has caused, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or
distress to any person,
2. conduct capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to a person in
relation to that person’s occupation of residential premises, or
3. conduct capable of causing housing-related nuisance or annoyance to any person.
May be I am just not interpreting this article correctly, but violence, theft and vandalism are not anti social behaviour. My understanding is that they are actually offences under criminal law and should be dealt with accordingly.