in one sence i can see the point of officials,we all want to keep our children safe and out of harms way..

but what about the embarresment of the poor person bein approached when enjoying the town park.

yes i agree that there are some horrible people out there,but they cant tar every one with the same brush..

if i was there with my kids grandad and he went to get drinks without us at spout way cafe,my self and he would be mortified if he was asked what he was doing,and id most definitaly make a complaint..

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Here is how the convosation may go…
Warded: Hello, may i ask what your doing here all alone in the park?
Pedo: I’m a pedo, I pray on children. Shall I call the police of will you do it?

There we have it, conclusive evidence that this is a brilliant idea.

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* The incompetent reporting

* The actions of the council

* The people who blindly believe everything they read

* the hysterical save the children comments

sad very sad the lot of you.

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There was once someone who said that “Better a guilty man walk free than an innocent man hang”.

True, there’s no death penalty involved in the UK now. But the theory is still the same.

This country has a policy of innocent until proven guilty. That is a fundamental part of British law, whatever people want to say to the contrary. Contravening that policy contravenes the right of a British citizen to be presumed innocent until convicted of a crime. Insinuating that someone is about to commit a crime without any evidence impedes that right. Impeding civil liberties without justification can therefore be considered a crime in itself.

For every one paedophile in Britain there are thousands of law abiding people who consider the idea of hurting children abhorrent. Mass hysteria has caused huge backlash against innocent people (who can forget the hapless paediatricians who were attacked because they had ‘paed’ in their job title?). This country is not full of monsters – it’s wrong for any authority to take actions that imply that it is.

It’s fine to want a safe community, but I don’t consider it safe if there’s always someone in authority breathing down my neck waiting for me to step an inch out of line.

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The world or at least TWC has gone totally OTT here with no real justifiable reason foor their approach. Sicko Paedophiles engage with children not lurk in bushes and watch from afar so what good will approaching childless people or Shroppshire star reporters sitting on a bench do? The sick paedophiles will look like they are with the kids and there are plenty of kids who go there without parental supervision so how could they tell a perv from a parent anyhow? Why on earth target lone childless adults? most victims know their attacker. It’s extremely rare to be just snatched by a total stranger. This is OTT and the park is paid for by us all and not just by those with children. Ironically I have been asked to contribute one of my photos for said article.

As a childless member of the public perhaps in the future I will not be able to take photos in a public park to aid such news worthy story’s if this approach is left un challenged.It’s outrageous!

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I have been to Telford park on my visits to my home and like to walk through it.

so what would happen if I were to reply “it’s none of your **!£) business why I’m in the park”

Has England become a nation of paranoids?

Shades of South Africa, would I now carry an ID with a police check on it and if I didn’t have it I would be taken straight to the Secret police HQ.

What a load of rubbish – how about looking to the safety of all in the streets in the parks, I just read about a young teenager, who I happen to know, who was beaten up for no apparent reason at 6:00pm on a bridge in Telford by a bunch of cowardly hoodlums.

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And V Rossi, as one person has already pointed out, technically you have a perfect right to take photos in a public place. I’ve taken photos of my kids in the Town Park in the snow when they were younger. In these days of camera phones people are always taking photos wherever you go. Get over it.

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Paedophiles, who typically have a strong emotional attraction to children, are usually unable to overcome the ethical barriers against abusing children, meaning that most are harmless perverts who never act on their feelings. It is paedophiles, not child molesters, who are more likely to spend time hanging around a park. Nobody likes the idea of perverts looking at their children, but unless people decide to stop worrying about the harmless perverts and start focusing on actual child molesters, they’re going to have to put up with silliness such as that shown by Telford Council and a highly unacceptable rate of child abuse.

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If you had read the council’s original press release, or the letter that was sent to John Evans, you would know that no reference was made to the children’s play area – just the whole park.

No one has a problem with an eye being kept on the play area – indeed it is covered by CCTV – quite rightly.

People are objecting to being told that they need to get the council’s permission before they do ANYTHING in the Park – that was clearly stated in David Morgan’s press release.

The subsequent letter from the Sports and leisure Officer stated that Town Park staff would approach any adult who is not accompanied by a child – no mention of children’s play areas or suspicious behaviour.

I don’t know any regular park users who have any quarrel with the Town Park staff – just the over-paid idiots at the top!

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I assume you have a burgular alarm at your house and a car alarm – those are designed to prvent crime being commited.

How different is it to have Park Wardens checking people to make sure no crime is commited?

Not that much different.

As for all the people saying that T & W should not be carrying out this line.

I will add that nursuries and hospitals are surrounded by security and CCTV these days should’nt the same be expected at children plays area’s???

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As for me, I’ll just take my work ID with me and ask anyone who stops me if they’re CRB checked. I am, after all, to do my job ^_^ and they happen to be adults walking around the park behaving suspiciously towards other visitors…right??

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