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Nottingham Police Issue 48-Hour Dispersals, Launch Operation View.

5/7/2026

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Nottingham police issued 48-hour dispersal notices and threatened Community Protection Notices to curb city-centre youth disorder.
Officers detained balaclava-clad teenagers on Pelham Street and issued them 48-hour dispersal notices.
Police under Operation View have placed twenty-four children as young as ten on a watchlist for shoplifting, drug possession, weapons and trespassing, and warned that families refusing cooperation could face fines, criminal penalties and possible loss of tenancy.

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Nottingham police issued 48-hour dispersal notices and threatened Community Protection Notices to curb city-centre youth disorder.
Officers detained balaclava-clad teenagers on Pelham Street and issued them 48-hour dispersal notices.
Police under Operation View have placed twenty-four children as young as ten on a watchlist for shoplifting, drug possession, weapons and trespassing, and warned that families refusing cooperation could face fines, criminal penalties and possible loss of tenancy.