Following concerns raised by residents about anti-social behviour in Brasside I can confirm that there have been regular paterols by the police in the area recently including at least three times this week, with no problems found. When the next PACT meeting dates are announced I will post them here, but if you do have any problems with anti-social behaviour or other police issues please make sure that you call them whichever area you are in as they can’t fix a problem if they don’t know about it and need to here first hand from residents of problems to ensure that issues are properly logged. The switchboard number for the police is 03456060365. I am confident that the police are working very well in Durham at the moment which can be born out by the figures showing very low crime statistics and also by the excellent work they did over the Christmas period in for example the Arnison centre working with the council and local shops.