tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post3693182320155986763..comments2024-03-20T12:28:00.031+00:00Comments on Liberal Bureaucracy: Drink ASBOs - missing the point yet again...Mark Valladareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-52141556560800120512009-08-31T13:16:12.598+01:002009-08-31T13:16:12.598+01:00Ah, you've missed the point of ASBOs - They by...Ah, you've missed the point of ASBOs - They bypass the justice system, to make something anti-social but not illegal, illegal as it were - anything from noisy pets to sunbathing naked or failing to keep your garden tidy.<br /><br />Of course, there are laws for any serious anti-social behaviour like drunk and disorderly behaviour, but the police don't enforce them - usually because they don't actually have the ability to detain anybody.<br /><br />For instance : Truro, a city with plenty of pubs and clubs and the associated drunken violence, not to mention plenty of other crime doesn't have a single holding cell - if police want to detain somebody in a cell, they have to drive them for 30 minutes to camborne, then spend the 30 to 60 minutes there, then spend another 30 minutes returning to Truro - and that's assuming there are any cells available.<br /><br />*sigh*Aaron Trevenahttp://liberalprovocateur.vox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-36088753414862628802009-08-31T12:13:13.410+01:002009-08-31T12:13:13.410+01:00Unfortunately, you are wrong. You can be issued wi...Unfortunately, you are wrong. You can be issued with an ASBO for conduct which otherwise would not be criminal.JonoPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03433240398536413440noreply@blogger.com