I am a normal, law-abiding person, doing the things other normal folk do and trying to live my life in peace without hurting or upsetting others. For a long time I have been getting more and more worried at the increasing level of crime.

We seem to have become a nation of frightened cowards who are willing to let yobs and criminals do exactly as they please, often ruining lives in the process. The police are doing their best but with diminished numbers they have a losing battle on their hands.

Ultimately, it is down to us, ordinary, law-abiding people, to stop this before it grows bigger than we can handle.

Where are the men and women I remember from my childhood who stood up for what they felt was right and did something about stopping the wrong in our society? Surely there are some left!

-George Mower, The Crescent, Southwick