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There has been a "notable" decrease in anti-social behaviour by street drinkers in Bathgate's Steelyard following "high-visibility" police intervention.
Police will join West Lothian Council staff at a meeting tonight in the town's Partnership centre seeking the views of local shopkeepers to identify further potential improvements.
Shoplifting charges have been brought against two people, one a persistent offender who was remanded, and also at least one stop and search for drugs.
And a police day of action is planned to highlight safety and security issues in the town centre.
Recent bad weather may have played its part too in curtailing bad behaviour in the last few weeks, Community PC Francis Sinnett told councillors on the Bathgate Local Area Committee this week.
"The weather's not been kind [for street drinkers] but we'll take all the advantages we can," he told councillors.
A petition was delivered to the council calling for action in August after complaints about street drinkers and anti-social behaviour in the pedestrian area of the town centre.
A group of up to 15 individuals were intimidating shoppers,especially the elderly and those with young children, with bad language and behaviour as well as openly drinking, sniffing gas and indecently exposing themselves. There were also reports of daily shoplifting.
PC Sinnett said community officers had dealt "robustly" with anti-social behaviour and criminality in the centre of the town.
He outlined work done by community officers, stressing that shopkeepers and members of the public should contact the police where they have issues.
He said: "The biggest thing for us is that the problems were not reflected in call volumes. Once we spoke to shop keepers we
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