How pleased and relieved I was to get a leaflet through the door on Friday last week telling me the local police will always be on hand when I need them.

Has anyone tried to get help from the police lately? I did and am still trying with constant calls about continuing incidents from May 29.

The telephone number they give looks simple enough but you have to repeat yourself so many times, I think they hope you will give up.

The sad thing is when they used to come to a neighbourhood incident they often found it could lead to crimes being solved.

Now the innocent have to suffer and teenagers are shown they can get away with anything, so adding to future crime numbers.

Mrs Irene Macari

-Green Ridge, Brighton