The Kintyre Forum

Has anyone else noticed the lack of Police in the Town especially main street at lunch time when the Schools get out?

Last week i saw some kids kicking a full can of coke around outside the Argyll they just missed putting it through the front window.Then they decided to throw it at each other and almost hit a car.This fun went on for about ten minutes.

They hang around the main street preventing anyone getting into shops and throwing their chip packets and other rubbish in the street when there is a bin right infront of them.

I saw some kids one day swinging like monkeys and throwing rocks at the street sign right across the street from the Police station,all they had to do was look out the window and see them.

It actually puts me off going down the street at lunch time and i'm sure i'm not the only one.

How I agree with you!! The amount of discarded litter appears to increase. Surely a few fines would make a diffference? I am amazed that the Police do not move in on the offenders, as I believe they can see ALL that happens in various locations via the cameras.A hobby horse of mine. Sadly too, you are correct, youngsters will NOT move. Are they not taught manners in the home any more? Parents blame schools, but teachers are unable to control classes of between twenty and thirty children - if parents do not impose rules of behaviour in the home.

I'm quite sure their teachers can and do control them in the classroom. I'm also sure it's not their job to control them in Main Street. To get back on to the topic. Saturday afternoon. Glorious sunshine, Kilkerran Green busy with quite a number of locals and visitors. Among them a group of young men ranging in age from about 16 up to mid 20s. What are they doing? Knocking back a few to several cans of lager and two or three bottles of Buckfast (they left the evidence behind). As the afternoon wore on the language got louder and louder and the F word featured more and more. At one point two began chasing each other - cursing and swearing and with Buckfast bottles still in their hands - amongst the people having a game of putting. You can imagine the sort of impression of Campbeltown any visitors among them took away with them. Now, what was that question again?

Probably the police is hiding behind a traffic sign, trying to bust people who drive 3 kms too fast.

About the kids, If I had to wear a uniform to school, I would also get mad, throwing things around (We don't have school uniforms in NL, and glad for it!)

Its easy to jump on the bandwagon of dissing the police in general and i dont as ive seen what they have to deal with in the City etc. However i agree certain members (not all ) have become so ingrained in the politics of small town life that certain individuals and their families seem exempt from the laws the majority of us abide by. Without going into specifics or the realm of gossip i know of a few individuals who should most definately be inprisoned for their activities and if they are well know to us then you can be sure the police know what they are doing also. My point is it seems easier to turn a blind eye than to put the effort into arresting and charging. Im sure im not the only one who knows the extent and availability of hard drugs in this town and indeed all over kintyre.

What surprises me is the amount of knife crime in the town that I have heard about recently, ofcourse this could also just be hearsay but shocking none the less!!

I'm afraid nowadays it's very much power to the people and with all these human rights and excuses that get trotted out for reasons crimes were committed makes me well . . .

And don't get me started on benefit fraud.........

The Hitman wrote:What surprises me is the amount of knife crime in the town that I have heard about recently, ofcourse this could also just be hearsay but shocking none the less!!

I'm afraid nowadays it's very much power to the people and with all these human rights and excuses that get trotted out for reasons crimes were committed makes me well . . .

And don't get me started on benefit fraud.........

Well said Hitman good to see others are fed up with this weak liberal minded system

The Hitman wrote:What surprises me is the amount of knife crime in the town that I have heard about recently, ofcourse this could also just be hearsay but shocking none the less!!

I'm afraid nowadays it's very much power to the people and with all these human rights and excuses that get trotted out for reasons crimes were committed makes me well . . .

And don't get me started on benefit fraud.........

Back in August my nephew witnessed another youngster slash a younger boy and then have a go at another.
This was at the fairground.
Not nice for young fla's tae be seein that kind o' thing.

petewick

What have the Police got to do with litter control? It's like allowing your dog to crap everywhere with out lifting it's doodahs! It's a social issue that needs to be addressed at source - sort your kids out!! The World has gone PC mad - thus leading to a society where everyone believes they have the right to do what they want! Bring back the belt in schools for a start...... damn hippy kids of the 60's!!

It's a social issue that needs to be addressed at source - sort your kids out!!

It's better that the police arrests people for throwing litter at the ground, as hiding in the bushes arresting everyone who drives 3 km/h too fast.

we do miles here john
get used to it

A Horse called Juan Face wrote:we do miles here john
get used to it

Who gives a feck about the people that drive 3 km/mph miles an hour over the speed limit on country roads I and other people are more bothered about the wee feckers that are ruining our town because of the antisocial behaviour and the scum element that is coming in to our town. Take it from somebody that knows all to well what has happened to Dunoon it has turned into a haven for anybody that can’t get a house in Greenock, Port Glasgow or Gourock . I just hope that Campbeltown does not end up that way but the way the council is acting these days I would not rule it out .

From that posting Scotty, I am assuming you like putting the boot down out in the sticks. but surely that is anti social ( take a stroll round Kilkerran if you doubt this). Do you really think the little f*****s are that bad or are they just young like you once were(dont you remember your parents saying something similar), as for the scum element, you would need to be a bit more specific, not sure who these scum are.

gizmo wrote:From that posting Scotty, I am assuming you like putting the boot down out in the sticks. but surely that is anti social ( take a stroll round Kilkerran if you doubt this).

Sorry but you have lost me there what are you talking about . As for the scum try the people that are walking about the town out their heads on smack that have appeared in the town in the last couple of years.