POLICE are reminding people how best to report dangerous driving and antisocial behaviour.
The force receives calls from alarmed and distressed neighbours alerting them to bad behaviour around Wiltshire.
Anti-social behaviour can target individuals, groups, communities, buildings and public spaces.
It can involve a range of behaviours from harassment, to aggressive, noisy or abusive behaviour, nuisance and inconsiderate behaviour and even physical damage and destruction.
If it is urgent, call 999, but if it is not, report incidents online via www.wiltshire.police.uk/ro/report/asb/asb/report-antisocial-behaviour
This helps ease pressure on the police's call centre during the summer months. The information people provide helps officers to build a better picture of an incident and take steps to sort out the problem.
Chief Inspector Liz Coles said: “Anti-social behaviour can have a massive impact on individuals, families and the local community.
“It can be caused by people deliberately wanting to cause harm and distress, but a lot of the time it is people not thinking about how their actions might be received or perceived by others.
“One of the types of anti-social behaviour that we see an increase in during the summer across all our Community Policing Team areas is related to vehicles, careless and inconsiderate driving, noisy vehicles and car gatherings.
“I appreciate that many people in our communities are car enthusiasts, enjoy spending time working on their cars, driving them and meeting with like minded people. But the actions of some is causing distress to others.
“We all need to be thoughtful, respectful and considerate in our behaviour. To try and be understanding and aware of how your behaviours could impact others and what you could do to reduce that.
“If you do want to go for a drive, can you do it away from residential areas? Could you be more considerate in how you drive? If your car is modified have you updated your insurance?
“If you are a victim or a witness of anti-social behaviour you can report it. We take anti-social behaviour very seriously; we want people to feel safe and enjoy the communities they live in.”
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