How do I report travelers in Brighton?
Contact our Traveller Liaison team
- email at [email protected].
- phone on 01273 292 044 from 9am to 5pm.
What is a Traveller liaison officer?
The Traveller Liaison Officer (TLO) responsibilities include: act on complaints or reports of Traveller encampments. makes initial contact with travelling groups. assesses the nature of the group (and where appropriate their health and welfare needs) liaises with landowners and external agencies.
Can you report Travellers?
The council or landowner can contact the police if a traveller site is trespassing and they can be immediately evicted from the site if there are two or more people, they have six or more vehicles parked on the land or one of them has caused damage or behaved in a threatening or abusive manner.
What is the difference between Travellers and Gypsy?
Gypsies and Travellers are two distinct societies. While both are nomadic peoples, the two societies have totally different origins, culture, language, and physical profile. The Gypsies are generally found in Eastern Europe while the Travellers usually walk inside the territories of Ireland, UK, and the Americas.
What is a gypsy liaison officer?
As a Gypsy & Traveller Liaison Officer you will be responsible for: Delivering a high-quality management service to the Council’s permanent traveller site. Carrying out regular health & safety inspections to ensure the site is compliant.
What can police do about Travellers?
What can the police do? The police will visit all sites reported to them but trespass is a civil offence and not a criminal offence. The police have powers to move Gypsies or Travellers off land where criminal activity by them can be established – just as crime committed by settled people has to be proven.
Where do Travellers empty their toilets?
“A traveller would never use the toilet where they live. That’s unhygienic.” Instead, the loo is in a nearby neat brick outhouse, and they use a washing machine and oven in a caravan parked outside.
Where do travellers empty their toilets?
How do you get rid of gypsy travellers?
If they refuse to go, there are three main legal routes to removing travellers: applying for a possession order; using common law rights to recover the land; and relying on the police to take action. Farmers can apply to county court for a possession order. They will need put up copies of their claim form on the land.