Depends on the scale of the crime committed. The bars and pubs in the immediate area of South Ealing itself have become a haven for drug dealing and this sort of activity no matter how well 'controlled' in our new scheme of policing does spill out. Still, we only get to know or hear about a twentieth (if that) of what goes down. A walk through the South Ealing cemetery often includes the sighting of a drug hand-off between mopeds and pedestrians.I think that it is important that we know which establishments are tied into all this. So I echo your thoughts about wanting to know about why the helicopter was there, and more importantly which establishment was the call out tied in with. It will have started somewhere from a group of like-minded people.Likewise the "bottling" on Durham Road would probably have started somewhere in a local venue. Local media like Ealing Today could play a bigger role in community safety if it documented where these people had been before. As trends emerge publically the situation can be dealt with formerly (a change of manager here, a drug dealer arrest there) or informerly, that is, once people know what is happening there they will stop going there and the establishment will have to re-appraise its management approach or close.There is certainly one establishment in the area that could merit with a change of management, and ownership. Though the management would be a first step.The difference between the Norhtfields high street and the South Ealing Road and St Mary's Road area shows how much better things can be than they have become in South Ealing.
John Alan Peters ● 3445d