A letting agent has criticised police who failed to act when vandals threw a brick through one of his tenant’s windows.
Aaron Spencer, a property consultant at Sedge Estate Agents in Spalding, tells Lincs Online that the response towards tackling anti-social behaviour in the town needs to improve following the shocking incident which left his tenant in floods of tears.
Spencer, who is also a local councillor, installed his own CCTV cameras outside the property near The Crescent, and caught vandals throwing a brick through the window while the tenant’s daughter was asleep upstairs. “It was shocking and cost more than £300 for me to replace the window,” he adds.
“I caught high resolution photos and a video of two gentlemen doing it. I contacted the police and told them I had this footage and was told someone would call me back. A couple of days later I received an email to say they had exhausted every avenue of the situation.
“It just left me with no confidence that the system works and there is no punishment for those who commit crimes.”
At a recent meeting of South Holland District Council, Spencer also questioned whether the town’s CCTV cameras were enough of a deterrent in the fight against anti-social behaviour.
He adds: “I just don’t have faith in the police to act on anything – there is no punishment. The police can authorise punishment, but they either don’t have the time, resources or attitude to do it and that’s why CCTV doesn’t work.”
Picture credit: Sedge Estate Agents/Streetview
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