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West End Extra - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Published: 14 March 2008

Tenants asked to collar dogs

• WE tenants residing on the Peabody Dalgarno estate are now, it appears, being asked to act as “dog policemen”. In other words, do the Trust’s job for them!
What thanks will we get? Retribution will come from tenants who are being informed upon. Peabody Trust obviously do not take this into account when they request that we tenants keep “diary sheets” in which we can record details of whenever dogs are viewed accompanied by some tenants. Dogs are banned according to the tenancy regulations – not that that necessarily means anything!
It is the Trust’s responsibility to manage its estates and monitor any irregular behaviour, ie the keeping of dogs. Yet this responsibility is now being delegated to tenants, depite potential dangers to the tenants who are brave or naïve enough to enter into this “agreement”.
It should be a simple exercise really for any landlord to enforce regulations.
Anti-social behaviour has become endemic. Is there any real answer to this problem? The provision of play areas, now lauded by the government as the answer to providing an outlet where youngsters can “express themselves”, is widely abused.
In all the years that I have resided in this area I have yet to see a continous police presence when it is most necessary.
IAN WALKER
Dalgarno Gardens, W10

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