Seacroft unwanted guests

they wont tackle the lawless and complain of under resourcing but can find 7 policemen to arrest a Yorkshire terrier.

Couldn't agree more TF. The police come over as weak and hand wringing. I am savagely angry when I hear of the disruption to ordinary folks lives by these arrogant, thoughtless hooligans- because that's what they are. They use intimidation to get what they want all the time and very few can stand up to them. Seacroft Wardens must have been terrified with that lot turning up and demanding entry and had they got it, they would have stayed there at no cost you can bet. I have a friend in Sheringham and I know a little of what these louts did- if we did it, as you say, our feet wouldn't touch. When are our police going to start acting like police officers and face these criminals down??

And they also complain of Stress. Underfunding, Lack of respect etc etc.

I think if I was in a job that is so tied up with  (, as seems the case these days)the lack of support from all directions when trying to carry out my duties then I think most would suffer from what you mention,or find another job that might be less problematic

Owner of the CL we are on in Wiltshire has just padlocked the gate as there are reports of undesirables around the area

I don't think the police here can be under resourced when they can turn out 9+ officers for the parade for the village Scarecrow Festival. I could only count the ones at the start area but there must have been even more to stop traffic at the other end of the village.

Padlocked and chained gates are no problem or restriction for travellers. As TF say, they just cut them off. These are the same people that break into fire stations and steal the hydraulic cutters used for rescuing crash victims and saving lives so they can use them committing crime like cutting off hitchlocks etc!! You don't get any lower than that,  and if they could, they would. I'm afraid that unless we, as a country,  start to push back hard against these thugs, they will just become emboldened even more. The amount of stolen Caravans found on their sites is frightening. I should know. Mine was one of them! 

Thing is Merve if they force entry I believe that's a criminal offence and you can get them out more easily than if you leave the premises open.

It's not the boots on the ground officers who don't uphold the law. They want to do the work, but their senior management are so terrified of the over zealous PC lobby and their "tricky dicky" lawyers that they are telling their troops to back off. 

Time for the police Senior management to put enforcing the law of the land first and foremost.

K

Yes I agree with you Oneputt. Breaking in is a criminal offence but they seem to be completely teflon coated as far as the law is concerned. I read in today's news items on the web of a woman who is giving her field to this shower near a Cambridgeshire village just to get at the villagers!! She obviously has issues with them.  With neighbours like that, who needs enemies? She is moving abroad. I hope the local council find some guts and stop this obscenity or it will be another village destroyed by litter,  noise and theft.