EAST YORKS: Police will send letters to parents of underage drinkers found with alcohol on them in Howden.
The latest move comes after officers received complaints about youths gathering on The Ashes playing field on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Damage has been caused to the playing field and empty drinks containers are regularly found in a morning. Members of the Ashes trust are clearing the litter up so others can continue to enjoy the park safely.
Police will continue to patrol the playing fields and anyone seen drinking will be tackled and alcohol will be seized.
Anyone who fails to comply with an instruction to surrender alcohol is liable to be issued with a fine or arrested.
HESSLE: Shops in the town have seen a rise in the number of people targeted by "bag-dippers".
The suspects look for open shopping bags and remove purses or wallets while the owner is shopping.
Supermarkets in the town have been the hardest hit, however, charity shops are also a target.
Officers from the local Neighbourhood Policing Team have visited busy shops to speak to shoppers who have bags on pushchairs and shopping trolleys, or open bags on their shoulder, warning them of what has happened.
A police spokesman said: "We have studied CCTV to try to identify offenders but these seem to be people coming from outside the area.
"Our main concern is that some victims have clearly not been cautious enough with their pin number and we are appealing to card-holders to take care when entering their pin and to not write it down."
WEST HULL: Police and council officers have joined forces to identify sites that may be targeted by travellers.
Officers from the Derringham Neighbourhood Policing Team are working with Hull City Council to identify and secure vulnerable sites.
Residents had complained about travellers on a site in Coronation Road North when police and council officers were setting priorities for the area.
In the past year, travellers have also been causing problems in the Boothferry Estate, Hawthorn Avenue and Bricknell Avenue.
They have also been to Priory Road, before moving to Cecil Street and on to the old Birds Eye site in the past year.
A spokesman for the policing team said: "It was suggested that we need to deal more quickly with travellers and that vulnerable sites should be identified to see what can be done to stop travellers going on to them.
"The joint policy with Hull City Council will provide a framework to follow."