South Lanarkshire Council meet targets to combat anti social behaviour
dailyrecord.co.ukSouth Lanarkshire Council has been successful in tackling anti-social behaviour in the past year.The local authority shared its success with councillors on Wednesday (November 2) at the Executive Committee meeting.
Efforts were welcomed by elected members.In November 2019, the council launched the South Lanarkshire Anti Social Behaviour Strategy 2019 to 2023 which set out priorities to be addressed and the actions that would be taken throughout the strategy.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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