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Readers' letters: 'Mobile prison van bad news for Peterborough' - 01/09/2008



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Published Date: 01 September 2008
I WRITE regarding the police plan to start using a mobile "cell bus" in the city centre at weekends (ET, August 21).
While I appreciate the fact that city police officers are often kept very busy dealing with drunken idiots in the city centre, I'm not at all convinced that parking a mobile prison in the heart of the city is the right way to rectify this problem.

Hundreds of millions of pounds are due to be spent on rejuvenating Peterborough over the next few years.

The intention is to make the city a nicer place in which to live and work. But will having a prison van parked in Cathedral Square boost the city's image to visitors? No.

It would be a horrible eyesore and probably scare people away.
NICK MITCHELL
Lincoln Road,
Millfield,
Peterborough


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The full article contains 396 words and appears in Peterborough ET newspaper.
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  • Last Updated: 01 September 2008 1:21 PM
  • Source: Peterborough ET
  • Location: Peterborough
 
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Dan Jackson,

01/09/2008 13:32:14
The mobile prison is a good idea as instead of 30 trips with 2 officers back and forth to the station you dump them all in the van and are back on patrol in minutes.

Only when full do you need to empty the van so in effect it maximises resources.

This will not hurt the city image - perhaps Nick Mitchell should be more worried about why we need a mobile prison in the first place. If we stopped booze sales etc or cut things back thne there would be no need for the van and the city would have a better image.
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A Seymour,

01/09/2008 14:57:13
I think this is a good idea, the fact why it's required is what's letting Peterborough down.
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TravDav,

Thorney Heights 01/09/2008 15:06:35
I believe the plan to utilise a prison van on the Peterborough streets ia an excellent one and I'm surprised it hasn't been done before. I can only think that anyone who objects must have a very personal interest in it's presence.
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nkmabm,

01/09/2008 15:48:32
What about locking them in that old underground toilet there used to be in Cathedral Square?
It was pretty disgusting when it was supposedly cleaned on a regular basis - it must be really rank now.
One spell in there and they'd never misbehave again.
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John Pinter,

01/09/2008 18:51:21
Excellent Idea nkmabm. The old toilets would make an excellent holding place. Lock them up in there and let them fight each other. Seriously, though I hope the clubs and pubs in the city are going to pay for this prison van as they are the ones serving the booze and making money. Why should I have to fund the policing of these louts.
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Dan Jackson,

01/09/2008 19:46:27
I agree with all comments, the old toilets would be great. They should all get a 1000 pound fine and as John says all pubs should meet the police costs. Then the drink prices may go up, people drink less and less trouble.
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nnooop,

Dogsthorpe 03/09/2008 07:52:14
Mobile prison van - great idea. Unfortunately this is what Peterborough has come to
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Hostile,

The mobile prison van 03/09/2008 14:39:59
Far be it from me to rain on the fascist parade, but on what grounds do we justify the abusive treatment of drinkers, as advocated by most of the posters thus far? Many violent encounters are one-sided, but the police may have difficulty the sides apart when everybody is intoxicated. Why should the defensive party be subject to such cruel and unusual punishment?

And why should the clubs and pubs pay for the van? It's a police measure. Clubs and pubs are only trying to make their money and meet a market demand, they have no responsibility for their customers. How do these socialist ideas crop up in a capitalist nation?

I've spent many nights out on Peterborough (mostly around The Park) and never seen any violence, so either the police measures are already working or the problem is a phantom. In either case, I'm not willing to pay for this ridiculous stunt, and the pubs shouldn't have to pay either. If you socialists are so certain as to it's necessity, you can pay for it. That goes for you, John Pinter.
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andrew7,

northborough 04/09/2008 16:07:08
a simular system worked in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" times ,but with children.so let us try it out on grown ups.!
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