Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Drug shanty town problem on doorstop of St John Vianney primary school
The pocket park on Stanley Road has been overtaken by groups of drug users. They use and deal in open sight of the front gates of St John Vianney school and leave their paraphernalia littered throughout the park and surrounding areas. Many of the local street users can be observed loitering for their latest fix in neighbouring streets and there has been a corresponding spike in car break ins and escalating anti-social behaviour. They also have a habit of taking bagged rubbish from front gardens, rifling through it for anything sellable and then discarding the remnants across footpaths.
They have rendered the pocket park unusable and unsafe for children and other residents.
Broken windows...It's only going to get worse.
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Permalink Reply by Ozbawn on
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Much worse. I reported it on the Haringey Council report a problem tool today and could see that about 20 other people had done the same. Why is it still there?
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Good question. Here are some photos from last Saturday showing the state of the park as well as some of the people responsible (with no identifying information).
The questions that need answers are:
1. Why was this not addressed as a matter of course before it was allowed to become embedded?
2. Why has it not been resolved quickly given that police, council employees, Violia staff and local councillors will have seen it growing over several months?
3. Why have the multiple reports to Violia about the rubbish in the park been ignored? If I report rubbish fly-tipped on my road it is generally cleared within hours.
All we need is a Violia clear-up (probably 30min work including the removal of needles and drug paraphernalia) and a few repeated visits by police officers to move the culprits on or arrest them.
School started this week. Children have been exposed to this and been denied a safe place to play after school and for parents to wait in the shade at drop-off and pick-up time.
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