Best for whom? The police or the travellers? Certainly doesn't appear to be best for the residents of Seaham and surroundings who are seeing their businesses robbed or extorted, or receiving rape threats.
Ah well, if they're going to speak to the event organisers, maybe over a nice cup of tea, that's OK then.
Perhaps if I order food and get a refund through threatening violence, shit on someone's floor and threaten to rape someone, maybe the police can speak with my missus to express concerns about standards of behaviour.
How about instead of expressing concerns they actually arrest and charge people for crimes, rather than standing back and letting it all play out.
Pitiful.
I'm not there either mate, but I'm guessing that people who are actually experiencing this are judging what the police response is from the fact that they are seeing people breaking the law with apparent impunity day after day for much of the week, and they don't seem to be receiving much protection and the problems are continuing day after day. Which suggests to me that there is either minimal action or what there is, is inadequate and ineffectual.
Is there a big police presence on the streets in Seaham? If not, why not?
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