Petition details
STOP Drug Dealing Batty Street E1
Drugs are openly traded on Batty Street E1, facilitated by the
lack police presence or any other deterring factor. The drug
dealers quickly dispense items from their car window, and then make
a speedy escape up Batty Street either towards Commercial Road or
more frequently towards Fairclough Street. The issue of selling
drugs from car windows and speeding away is far more prevalent and
dangerous as school children from the ‘Harry Gosling
School’ are crossing the streets nearby (during mornings
& afternoons) and it is just a matter of time before an
unthinkable accident happens involving a drug dealer and a child.
Tower Hamlets Council must take steps NOW to avoid this.
Batty street also has an old peoples home situated towards
Fairclough street. The situation of dealing drugs is so very
dangerous to our OAP’s where they have to cross the road to
avoid the buyers and dealers. We have witnessed on occasions that
OAP’s are being pushed out of the way and/or knocked over
whilst the drug deal happens at a fast pace. This situation is
unacceptable.
Buyers gather in herds of 3 to 6 all day and dealing goes on till
early hours of the morning making our quiet street a busy one with
open trade. Residents of the street are fed up with this and safety
concerns are high especially when the addicts sit in doorways
taking the drugs.
Retailers and office’s along Batty street have been
approached by addicts begging for money, once refused they become
aggressive and dangerous.
The current drug dealing brings a range of unsavoury characters to
the local area, to the distress of residents, OAPs and their
families. Local residents deserve better and so we call on the
Council to take this action.
This Petition ran from 05/03/2018 to 30/04/2018 and has now finished.
103 people signed this Petition.
Council response
This petition is likely to be considered at the Council meeting to be held on Wednesday 18 July 2018. You will be able to view the agenda for the meeting around one week before (from 11 July 2018) here http://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=309&MId=8837&Ver=4
A full response of the Council to this petition will be
published after the meeting.