When is something serious/effective going to be done about youth crime on the Central Coast?
In my local area of West Bateau Bay/Cresthaven the youth crime rate has once again risen.
In the past three weeks; two elderly women were abused then knocked down by two youths on e-scooters; bus drivers and passengers were threatened; and phone booths and bus shelters were smashed – just to name a few examples.
Worst of all, an elderly woman in my housing complex had a brick thrown through her bedroom window.
We are constantly under siege and now only feel remotely safe when travelling in numbers.
It is about time the politicians returned the Summary Offences Act and gave the police the same powers they had during the 1970s.
It is getting to the stage where some elderly person is going to die as a result of these miscreants’ anti-social behaviour.
Email, Jul 29
Barry Lloyd, Bateau Bay
