SAFER COMMUNITIES
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SAFER SPACES
West Ealing is to be a ‘ protected ’ zone with the aim of improving the quality of life for residents after it was backed by nearly four in every five of the local people who responded to a survey .
The six-week public consultation ran in November and December , asking residents what they thought of Ealing Council putting a legal order in place in West Ealing to help ensure the law-abiding majority of people feel safe to use and enjoy public spaces .
It will work by giving powers to the police and council enforcement officers to help them to deter trouble – and to deal with persistent problems ‘ on the spot ’.
Overall , 77 % of those who responded to the survey said they completely supported the introduction of the public spaces protection order ( PSPO ), with another 14 % very much supporting it . Only around 3 % said they did not support the idea at all . Views tended to be fairly clear across most of the survey . There was overwhelming support for all 10 key proposed ways the legal order would give officers powers in the zone , with the percentage of people strongly agreeing with the proposed measures ranging from 75 % to 93 %.
The reasons for this appeared pretty definitive – a sense of intimidation in public spaces in the area and
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