TEENAGER REPELLENT
Teenagers get hint to buzz off
A new tool in the fight against teenage antisocial behaviour has been making
a racket.
Police in Abingdon have been secretly using a 'Mosquito' device outside
shops in Reynolds Way for the past six months.
The device, which sends out an irritating buzz only young people can hear,
has been used alongside a dispersal order in a bid combat youth crime.
Last year, a survey of local residents showed 50 per cent were too
intimidated to go to the shops if teenagers were hanging around outside.
Many of the shops were not aware the Mosquito was in place, but it seems to
be having an effect.
Sgt Andy Cranidge, in charge of the neighbourhood team, said: "No one wants
to hang around there too long because of the buzzing. It is just an annoying
sound designed to push people away to other areas."
The Mosquito is only switched on at certain times when youngsters are
hanging around or causing a nuisance.
The device emits a high frequency noise which is only audible to young
people.
The ultrasonic tone becomes so annoying it encourages youngsters to move
away - and the closer the teenager gets the more effective it is.
'We haven't had any trouble from the kids round here so it must be working'
Lee Welch
Sgt Cranidge added: "We do not get people hanging around there as often now.
Combined with the dispersal order it has been very effective.
"Police always used to be called down to deal with problems, but we have
seen a great reduction in that."
Many of the shops in the Reynolds Way precinct were unaware that the device
had been installed. Lee Welch, assistant manager of Taylor's Racing, said:
"We didn't even know it was there.
"We haven't had any trouble from the kids round here so it must be working.
"There used to be a gang of teenagers outside who would hurl abuse when you
were locking up but now we don't get as much hassle."
Peterson Chung, of Martin's Newsagent, said: "Usually there are some kids
hanging around so it's not always working."
Oxfordshire's first Mosquito system was installed at the Westgate Centre in
Chipping Norton last November.
4:30pm Wednesday 27th June 2007
For more information:
www.oxfordmail.net
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Town turns to a teenage repellent
The mosquito device has been put up at the Willows Arts Centre in George
Street
A TEENAGE repellent which hurts young people's ears so badly it forces them
to flee for cover has been installed in Corby to put the bite on gangs.
The mosquito device, which sends out a high pitched noise and can only be
heard by people under-25, has been put up at the Willows Arts Centre in
George Street, at Motherwell House and at the Oakley Vale shopping centre.
Its introduction came after the areas were plagued by youths hanging around
and behaving anti-socially.
After scoring a success in those areas, Corby Council is planning to put in
another device, which cost nearly £500 each, at the Danesholme Shopping
Centre in Boden Close.
Leader of Corby Borough Council Pat Fawcett said: "The mosquito device has
been very successful at The Willows Arts Centre in reducing anti-social
behaviour but is just a small part of what we are doing to make Corby a
safer and more attractive place to live.
"As a council we have put a huge emphasis on sport, leisure, cultural and
recreational provision for children and young people making sure they have
lots of positive, exciting things to do and less reason to get involved in
vandalism and anti-social behaviour."
The gadget at the Willows Arts Centre was installed in early April to
displace groups of youths congregating in the building's fire exits and the
council claims it has resulted in a reduction in anti-social behaviour,
graffiti and vandalism.
A spokesman for the arts centre said: "The deterrent has been working but it
has moved the groups round the front of the building so we're hoping to get
another device installed."
The latest unit, which was installed in Oakley Vale last week, has also been
welcomed by staff at shops in the area, which had seen an escalation in
anti-social behaviour because problems have been displaced from other areas.
One Tesco worker, who did not want to be identified, said: "It's a great
idea because we have had problems with youngsters who hang around until
about 10pm trying to hassle people into buying drink for them and generally
being a nuisance."
Corby councillor Barry O'Brien, who lives in Oakley Vale and represents
residents in Danesholme, added: "We've had problems with gangs of teenagers
hanging around this area and intimidating residents so this is a great
move."
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No RED TAPE for the Mosquito Device
A council in England this week voted that there is to be NO RED TAPE for
people wanting to use the Mosquito Device in their area, reported the
Lancashire Evening Post.
A debate has raged across the UK for over a year in relation to the
controversial Mosquito Device launched in January last year. The device was
developed by CSS Ltd. in South Wales, its purpose, to disperse groups of
unruly teens by annoying them to a point where after 15 minutes, they need
to leave the area.
The device which has sold over 3,500 units across the UK in the first year
has been said by some liberal campaigners to violate the human rights of
teenagers. What these people are missing, is that everyone has the 'human'
right to enjoy their lives in peace and harmony. Groups of unruly antisocial
teens are in many cases violating these rights, often to a point where some
business owners consider closing-up their businesses.
The Mosquito Device does not solve the underlying problems causing teenage
anti-social behaviour, however, when used correctly - ONLY WHEN A GROUP IS
CAUSING PROBLEMS - it does solve the problem on a case by case basis WITHOUT
POLICE INTERVENTION, WITHOUT CONFRONTATION & WITHOUT VIOLENCE.
Si Morris, commercial director of CSS Ltd. said ' It is good to see that the
debate has finally come to and end and that people who have been unsure
about the device have finally realised that it is perfectly harmless, is not
violating anyone's rights, but is giving back victims of anti-social
behaviour the ability to benefit from their human right to go about their
business peacefully and without harassment to themselves or their customers'
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NEGRO REPELLENT
Aug 4, 2007
Tacoma Washington Using Classical Music to Run Negroes Off
and Prevent Them from Loitering at Bus Stops where they
Commit Crimes
Tacoma, Washington leaders are hoping that Mozart can help to
halt the growing problem of street gangs dealing drugs at bus
stops. This week, speakers are being installed to transmit
classical music from KING-FM radio of Seattle at the Tacoma Mall
Transit Center, a tactic designed to reduce the number of young
hooligans who deal drugs and cause trouble at the bus stops. Of
course most of the gang members are non- Whites and they are the
most likely to be annoyed by the classical music which is
something altogether different from their favorite rap ditties.
The gang problem at the stops is so bad that if the classical
music plan fails, covered bus stops may be removed from all
routes in the city. As it is the speakers will be mounted high
enough so that the drug dealers will not be able to knock them
out with baseball bats or clubs. Studies in other cities indicate
that classical music deters anti-social behavior at transit
centers, officials said. Of course the music drives away the non-
Whites who are at the core of the drug and violence problems and
while this is a creative politically correct way to deal with
these problems, a more reasonable solution would be to debate the
benefits of geographic racial separation which would go much
further in solving America's problems in regard to gang activity
which is almost 100% non-White in origin.
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