Wow you can get lost in there! Some interesting and poignant stuff thanksI've spent much time over the last four years photographing drug addicts, pushers and prostitutes, up-close and very personal.
I know nearly all of them in my city in northern Italy. I can go places even the police are wary to go, and I have total freedom to photograph anything. A very small selection of those photos can be seen on my website link
In the time I've spent photographing them, I've seen them chase away the police a number of times (6 armed officers ran away from them on one occasion) and also several raids by the military (the armed soldiers ran away from them too).
Many of them live rough and haven't washed for years. They smell revolting, and many have lice. They sh1t on the grass right next to where they smoke or inject, so I can't see any of the above suggestions about using smelly substances working.
They don't seem to care about surveillance cameras, not even the official police cameras, and the police here, as I imagine in many other cities and countries have just given up trying. Even during Covid they don't use masks and they don't respect the curfew or any other regulations. They are a law unto themselves.
Stabbings here are frequent, which confirms advice given earlier in this thread, don't approach them. They will also threaten to stab with used syringe needles.
Tomorrow (Monday) I'll go and ask them if there is anything that would put them off frequenting an area. If I get any useful suggestions I'll come back and post them tomorrow evening.
I did make a thread a few years ago in the Bikes/cars/afvs section about bike security and sheds etcIgnoring the dumb posts on here that take away from the subject, do you have any links you could let us have or do you have time to list some recommendations from your time observing the need to increase home security ?
There’s a lot more on my faceache page: PaulCrespelStreetPhotographyWow you can get lost in there! Some interesting and poignant stuff thanks
I made a report on their website- 'report a crime'
I received an acknowledgement and was told it was passed on to the neighborhood policing team
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Don't worry. My street-soldiers are on their way to give the smackheads the pasting of their lives. We will superglue their hands to lamp-posts, and leave them there all night. Plod won't life a finger to stop us. They never do.
Who on Earth are these people?
Did you get a crime reference number?
Good. Always get a crime Ref number, otherwise the report isn't always logged.I did indeed.
well observed trig!Good. Always get a crime Ref number, otherwise the report isn't always logged.
well observed trig!
Any victory would be short lived against a multitude of criminal types and it’s more likely to be you with a criminal record so don’t waste your time simply find a new place to live where you can enjoy peace and quiet.
As your mother would say “their not worth it”
Sorting mental health and addiction issues, sorting health issues, getting some education, landing a job. All the dull usual crap the vast majority of the rest of us manage reasonably successfully....Tomorrow (Monday) I'll go and ask them if there is anything that would put them off frequenting an area. If I get any useful suggestions I'll come back and post them tomorrow evening.