Council considers fines to clamp down on ASB by kids as young as 10
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00:00 Fines could be handed out to curb anti-social behaviour involving children as young as 10 in one part of Liverpool as the City Council admits nothing is working.
00:10 With issues around abusive and intimidating behaviour, street drinking and overcrowded housing, blighting communities around Whittier Street and the area around Smithdown Road,
00:19 Liverpool Council is seeking to tighten up its response with the implementation of a public space protection order.
00:26 A council can make one if it believes activities in a public place within the authority's area have had a detrimental effect on the quality of life.
00:33 Once an order is made, the police and others authorised by Liverpool Council would have powers to issue a fixed penalty notice for such breaches.
00:42 The proposed order would be effective for a period of three years and will allow officials to deal with breaches through fixed penalty notices.
00:49 This will be reviewed monthly with a formal assessment after three, then six months.
00:55 Councillors will consider the matter at Liverpool Town Hall next Friday.