Houghton Regis

Better relationship between the police and young people

Many young people, including ourselves, in Houghton Regis have had some bad experiences with the police. Some of us have been unfairly victimized; being stopped and searched without good reason, and some have been let down by the police when reporting crimes committed against us. Equally, the young people in Houghton Regis haven’t always treated the police well and therefore there is some tension between the two. We would like to help to repair this relationship in Houghton Regis and have already spoken to a representative of the police about some of the problems, and we are hoping to organize a football match between the police and young people in the near future.

Safer environment for young children & increased CCTV

Many of us have felt unsafe at some point in our local parks or in other public spaces. This is even more of an issue for young children. We would therefore like to campaign to make sure that our parks and public spaces are made safer for everyone to access through increasing the CCTV in and around public areas and by asking the police to regularly visit areas that are viewed as particularly unsafe.