No Plan to Deal with Zombie Attack in County

Lincolnshire County Council has revealed that no official emergency plans exist to deal with a zombie attack in the county.

Council bosses have made the admission in a response to a Freedom of Information Act request from Mr. John Fernandez. However, officers from the county council told him in their reply that they do have other emergency plans which they were 'confident' could be adapted if the undead attack.

Mr. Fernandez put in the request to a number of local authorities across the country and told one authority that the request was for a paper he was writing. Lincolnshire County Council’s reply said:

"Lincolnshire County Council has not made any plans for the possible threat of a zombie pandemic.

"We can confirm that the authority has plans for other emergency situations and if the event was to occur, we are confident that could be adapted and applied to ensure public safety."

The Lincolnshire Echo are reporting that repeat victims of anti-social behaviour are getting a better service from Lincolnshire Police, according to a senior officer.


Deputy Chief Constable Neil Rhodes says this was thanks to a combination of a new computer system, improved staff training and officers' local knowledge.

The computer system, introduced at the force's headquarters in Nettleham just over a month ago, flags up repeat victims of anti-social behaviour when they call in.

This means that swifter action can be taken in referring cases to the anti-social behaviour teams and local police officers and bobbies on the beat.

There were 30,793 incidents of anti-social behaviour recorded in Lincolnshire between April and December 2007, compared to 31,264 in the same period in 2009.

These included cases of hoax calls, nuisance neighbours, prostitution, fireworks, drunken behaviour, shouting and swearing and abandoned vehicles.

Lincolnshire Police won praise for the way it can identity victims of nuisance behaviour by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary – more than half of the forty-three forces in England and Wales cannot automatically identify repeat victims, leaving officers in ignorance of some of the most vulnerable people who need help.

The death of Mrs. Fiona Pilkington has shone the spotlight on shortcomings in how police and other authorities respond to cases where vulnerable people are constantly tormented by yobs.

She committed suicide and killed her severely disabled 18-year-old daughter Francecca after gangs kept them prisoners in their home in Barwell, near Hinckley in Leicestershire.

Mr. Rhodes said tackling anti-social behaviour was one of Lincolnshire Police's key priorities.

"It is crucial we take anti-social behaviour seriously and identify it really quickly when people contact us and strike while the iron is hot, working hard solve problems," he said.

Tougher action needed against anti-social behaviour in Lincolnshire

Calls for new powers to tackle persistent troublemakers and yob behaviour

Giles McNeill today called for tougher police powers to tackle anti-social behaviour and crack down on yobs.

This comes as new answers to Parliamentary Questions show that across Lincolnshire, 40,099 incidents of anti-social behaviour were reported to the police last year. But because of the massive under-reporting of such low-level crime, the real number of actual incidents could be as high as 364,536 last year.

Under new Conservative proposals, firm action would be taken against the yob behaviour that blights neighbourhoods, as well as taking steps to tackle the underlying causes.
• The police would have stronger powers to remove troublemakers from Lincolnshire’s streets - taking yobs to the police station rather than moving them on, while new curfew orders could ‘ground’ persistent troublemakers at night after school hours.
• Licensing laws would be more robustly enforced, revoking the licences of any shops in Lincolnshire which systematically peddle alcohol to under-age children.
• Violent offenders would be prosecuted instead of being let off with a caution.
• More police would patrol the the streets, by cutting police paperwork and bureaucracy which pins them down to police headquarters on Deepdale Lane, Nettleham.

Giles said:

“This Labour Government has been soft on crime, and soft on the causes of crime. We live in a country where no one seems to say ‘no’ any more and nothing happens when a young person steps out of line. This has to change.

“With so many reported and unreported cases of anti-social behaviour, Lincolnshire’s police need the power to ‘ground’ young persistent troublemakers – so we can prevent them from getting into worse trouble. We need to get more police on the beat, prosecute serious offenders and tackle the underlying causes of crime such as drug addiction, educational failure and family breakdown.

“Conservatives are the party of law and order – championing common sense, strong families, united communities and a system which places the victim above the criminal.”