How targeting the little things will impact on crime!

Kia Ora,

The new anti crusing bylaw here in Christchurch as predicted has not stopped the antics of the boyracer community, but it has broken up the big groups in the designated areas or appears too.

In saying that you could hear a lot of vehilces in the city last night & also a lot of highpowered lone vehicles around & the occassional burnout.

But that is not just what gets people upset. It is the little crimes as Danny Watson on talkbackzb alluded too that are really getting under peoples skins.

Last night was sitting based in an area where a lot of minor crime has been occuring, when I heard a noise. Went outside & saw the car above sitting off the road, then noticed someone behind the fence on the railroad side of the fence.

Then there was a movement below me & a female stood up in bushes of business premises pulling her pants up.

Now many people say "oh but we did that" & "stop harrassing these guys they aren't so bad."

To the first point. Yes, most of us have urinated when caught short somewhere we shouldn't, but there is a difference.

As the police said when responding to one call on private property for burnouts, though they couldn't do much if they didn't move them on, toilet stops (& not just urinating as one public building found out when an event kept getting planned that these guys like to attach themselves too-it then had to post security guards to stop that) then becomes vandalism & if that is a business it costs or public property it costs the rate payers.

The other difference is when caught it used to be take the bollocking or kick up the pants from the police & move on. Very few used to abuse especially when you are the one in the wrong. Or as the saying goes "do the crime do the time."

After some more abuse from the lovely ladies (it appeared there were only the two of them) they then took off with lights off so I couldn't read their plates. Actually I could of, but decided to leave it, but they felt as this group does that I was in the wrong for outing their criminal acitivity then put peoples lives in danger by not turning their lights on.

As they left they passed the other boyracer vehicle that had parked up after seeing them. Two more were out urinating & one of them could hardly stand up although that is not that apparent in the video footage.

He also had at least a six pack with him. He pulled that after throwing something at the other vehicle as it drove past, probably his empty bottle judding from the mess you usually find around their stops.

Some of this group is supposed to bright, even having law degrees where the information is coming from on how to avoid paying fines, if scuttlebutt is right.

Obviously they haven't found the law if it is still there, which allows you to urinate on the left hand rear wheel of your vehicle.

How do I know that little bit of useless information. One of two escorts for a person caught urinating when in the NZ army by a Military Policeman(MP).

The MP's evidence included that little gem when outlining the accussed's actions. It caused much mirth in the orderly room & a bollocking from the Sergeant Major through his guffaws.

These little crimes are definitely what upset people & experience shows that if you don't stop these little crimes then down the track it leads to bigger & bigger crimes as people tend to think they can't be touched. In fact you often get told that when dealing with people or hear the police been told it when arresting someone.

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