Holiday Children Are Bored Rock Throwing

On Wednesday and Thursday I have heard of 2 to three incidents where children around the age of 10 -14 are rocking rocking along Bulolo Drive in Whalan. It appears that they target buses and don't realise that that they are also targeting the potential loss of bus services if this continues.

I have spoken to Mount Druitt (who are probably understaffed) and they are going to look at patrolling the area more often -also heard of rock throwing on Belmore Road, Mount Druitt - It appears to be a favourite pastime and the children that do it in a certain area live somewhere else. If this pursues the I feel we are fighting a lost cause, loss of bus services, lost of Jobs for bus drivers , potential loss of jobs for some people in the area, potential increase in daily hardship, cost of living if more taxi's are caught if no bus services are around.

This has to be talked threefold: Increased police patrolling of cars around the area, marked and unmarked cars, also police education through all schools around regarding community safety and the alertness of the maximum criminal penalties for rock throwing so far is 5 years jail and place ' Rock throwing fine /criminal signs around the area that is affected by rock throwing around Mount Druitt.

I will refer to Jacqueline Donaldson - our Blacktown City Councillor to investigate these isssues.