POLICE have announced a dispersal order has been put in place in Colchester following concerns about anti-social behaviour.
It is in response to concerns relating to people committing crime and disorder.
It is in place covering an area off of Barrack Street and Brook Street.
Stuart Austin, Inspector for the Colchester Community Policing Team, said: “We’ve put this order in place to protect the public from crime and anti-social behaviour.
“We have acted to concerns about people acting disorderly while intoxicated.
“No-one should feel unsafe where they live and we have acted decisively to ensure we can direct anyone suspected of acting anti-socially to leave the area”
The order is in place from 2.51pm today, Tuesday, August 2, until 2.51pm on Thursday, August 4.
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