Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Saturday, 8th June 2024, at 16:25hrs
Police have issued a warning to parents who allow their children to attend parties in wooded area.
In a social media post, Ribble Valley Police said,
“The last two Friday nights have seen a large number of teenagers attending the wooded area off Back Lane in Sabden for stand down parties.
Many have been given alcohol and dropped off by parents. Parents I’ve spoken to have given excuses such as “all their mates are going” “it’s peer pressure isn’t it, they can’t be the only one not to go” “my child is sensible” “it’ll cause arguments if I don’t let them go”
Additional police have had to be deployed to the location to deal with incidents such as;
Ambulance requesting assistance as whilst treating an intoxicated teen several others decided to bang on the side of the ambulance and try and board it.
An elderly farming couple woken by hundreds of teens tramping through their farm disturbing the animals and entering a field with cows and calves and letting them loose.
Groups walking late at night/early hours on national speed limit country roads whilst intoxicated oblivious to traffic and risk.
General disorder and noise nuisance.
The image contains the mess left behind (including 71 large nitrous oxide cannisters) and frighteningly a large hunting knife recovered at the location which only purpose is as a weapon.
I’ve no idea if there are to be more gatherings of this nature but if you are a parent of a teen sometimes being a parent means being unpopular and saying no and I’d much rather tell my child no than tell my mother her grandchild is in hospital paralysed from nitrous oxide use / trampled by a cow / stabbed to death etc
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