| VANDALISM
AT THE SURGERY
The
doctors are disappointed to report that the surgery is again subject
to annoying vandalism, with repair costs running into several hundred
pounds.
We
are aware that in the evenings and at the weekends, our car park
is a welcoming venue for youths who wish to play various games of
football, skateboarding and cycling, as well as more mature young
men who gather in their cars, coming and going with the inevitable
excessive speed and skidding manoeuvres.
A
great deal of litter is left behind which has to be cleared on almost
a daily basis.
Games
with footballs are also continuing, with the paintwork and windows
of the front surgery walls constantly bespattered by muddy football
imprints. Our Appletree Medical Practice sign has been totally destroyed
on one occasion during the period of a bank holiday last year, our
CCTV cameras confirming that this was done on several nights by
deliberate kicking of a ball towards the sign. At considerable expense,
we have replaced the sign, only to find that the letters are again
being broken off.
We
also have CCTV evidence of youths climbing onto the single floor
portion of our building, usually using the wheeled bin as an access
platform, and 20 or 30 of the slate tiles have been broken as a
result. There is obviously considerable risk for anyone attempting
to perform this act.
We
would ask local people to consider whether any of their family members
are culprits, and try to dissuade them from performing these acts
of petty vandalism. The police are involved in random patrols and
prosecutions will follow if any culprits are apprehended.
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