Park plagued by antisocial behaviour set for changes

A park in Hucknall with a history of antisocial behaviour and some reports of incidents involving knives and flashing has seen safety measures stepped up in a bid to reduce crime. After years of campaigning from residents and councillors Titchfield Park, Hucknall, has had two CCTV cameras installed which will overlook its car park, cafe and skatepark as well as other areas.

Graham Willis, 51, who works as an environmental agent for the park, said: "It can't hurt [implementing CCTV]. Hopefully it can do something to stop the crime around here because there's a lot of it recently. Maria Jones, 55, who runs Titchfield Park Cafe, said: "I've had this cafe for three-and-a-half years now and we don't get much trouble up this way. It's usually the other end of the park where you get trouble happening.

"I can see why some people might, though, the skatepark is there and there are a lot of younger people that like to hang out around there. I'll tell you though just the other day I was walking through the park and someone shot by on a moped.CCTV cameras would hopefully be able to stop things like that."

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