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6 February 2011
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New plans for tackling anti-social behaviour, including the abolition of Asbos, are due to be announced.
Anti-social behaviour orders would be replaced with a new "criminal behaviour order" - thought to involve a sliding scale of punishments.
The coalition also plans to compel police to probe incidences that are reported by at least five people - know as the "community trigger".
Other plans would allow police to force culprits to make immediate amends.
The proposals are part of a government consultation on anti-social behaviour.
Labour has said that any of the coalition's announcements on the issue would be damaged by their simultaneous cuts to policing numbers. Labour says more than 10,000 police officer posts will be gone by the end of next year, although ministers dispute those figures.
A key part of the plan is to overhaul Asbos, which were introduced in England and Wales under Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, in 1999.
They were aimed at banning an individual from engaging in specific kinds of behaviour or going to certain places.
Breaching an Asbo could result in a criminal punishment of up to five years in prison, but the measure was criticised by some for being ineffective and seen as a badge of honour among offenders.
Under new criminal behaviour orders police will be able to apply for a court order to tackle low-level nuisance behaviour.
'Unacceptable risk' The Daily Mail reported that troublemakers would face the same asset seizure powers as major criminals under the new orders. They could have personal items, such as music systems, confiscated.
The paper also says police will be handed new powers to punish people on the spot, for example by ordering an offender to repair damage to property.
Meanwhile the proposal to compel police to investigate incidents that had been reported by at least five people would be called the "community trigger".
Shadow Home Office minister Vernon Coaker said the main factor that had made a difference to anti-social behaviour over the last 10 years had been neighbourhood police teams on the streets and working with local communities.
"Whether using Asbos or the other measures the Labour government introduced, these teams have made a real difference.
"What we have learnt is that no matter what measures you introduce, you need the officers to enforce them."
But, he said, current plans for "savage cuts" to policing numbers would damage that work.
"No matter what announcements this Tory-led government makes, the truth is they are taking an unacceptable risk with the safety of our streets," he said.
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Anti-social behaviour orders would be replaced with a new "criminal behaviour order" - thought to involve a sliding scale of punishments.
The coalition also plans to compel police to probe incidences that are reported by at least five people - know as the "community trigger".
Other plans would allow police to force culprits to make immediate amends.
The proposals are part of a government consultation on anti-social behaviour.
Labour has said that any of the coalition's announcements on the issue would be damaged by their simultaneous cuts to policing numbers. Labour says more than 10,000 police officer posts will be gone by the end of next year, although ministers dispute those figures.
A key part of the plan is to overhaul Asbos, which were introduced in England and Wales under Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, in 1999.
They were aimed at banning an individual from engaging in specific kinds of behaviour or going to certain places.
Breaching an Asbo could result in a criminal punishment of up to five years in prison, but the measure was criticised by some for being ineffective and seen as a badge of honour among offenders.
Under new criminal behaviour orders police will be able to apply for a court order to tackle low-level nuisance behaviour.
'Unacceptable risk' The Daily Mail reported that troublemakers would face the same asset seizure powers as major criminals under the new orders. They could have personal items, such as music systems, confiscated.
The paper also says police will be handed new powers to punish people on the spot, for example by ordering an offender to repair damage to property.
Meanwhile the proposal to compel police to investigate incidents that had been reported by at least five people would be called the "community trigger".
Shadow Home Office minister Vernon Coaker said the main factor that had made a difference to anti-social behaviour over the last 10 years had been neighbourhood police teams on the streets and working with local communities.
"Whether using Asbos or the other measures the Labour government introduced, these teams have made a real difference.
"What we have learnt is that no matter what measures you introduce, you need the officers to enforce them."
But, he said, current plans for "savage cuts" to policing numbers would damage that work.
"No matter what announcements this Tory-led government makes, the truth is they are taking an unacceptable risk with the safety of our streets," he said.
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