Heanor
Crime crackdown takes place in two towns as dispersal orders imposed
The aim is to reduce anti-social behaviour in Heanor and Langley Mill
Nick Reid
A dispersal order has been put in place in Heanor and Langley Mill (Image: Google)
Police officers in Heanor and Langley Mill are cracking down on anti-social behaviour after issuing a dispersal orders for each town.
The Amber Valley inspector have given the green light for an exclusion zone in each place in a bid to reduce the amount of crime.
The order will be in place until 4pm today and allows officers to ban anyone committing anti-social behaviour as well as banning them from entering a number of specific areas in the towns.
A post on the Heanor and Langley Mill SNT Facebook page read: "Until 4pm on Sunday, November 4, there is a Section 34 Dispersal order in place, after a increase in anti-social behaviour.
"The Amber Valley inspector has authorised this dispersal order.
The order will run until 4pm on November 4
"The dispersal order allows us to ban anyone committing anti-social behaviour or who we believe may commit anti-social behaviour in the area.
"Any person issued a dispersal is not permitted to enter the red area for 48 hours.
"If they do so they will be arrested."
The places within the dispersal order include Heanor's Common Side, Heanor Memorial Park, the recreation ground as well as Market Street.
In Langley Mill the order covers areas including the dismantled railway, the cricket ground and the recreation ground.
Heanor and Langley Mill have had the orders placed on them (Image: Heanor and Langley Mill Police SNT)
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