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?	Bus Shelter Damage Posted: Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:21 PM (BST) Does nobody ever see or hear anything? This seems to have occurred with monotonous regularity just recently - surely there is some noise or disturbance associated with this vandalism. Or is it just that it's too much trouble to pick up the phone.....?
?	Bus Shelter Damage Posted: Saturday, March 15, 2008 11:18 AM (BST) I wonder how the perpetrator of the damage would react if something that he had worked and saved for, and finally been able to buy and enjoy, was smashed to pieces so that it was unuseable and he had to work and save for another one. I am sure he or she would not be very pleased - I hope everyone who sees this damage will be absolutely furious and anyone that saw the damage being done will make sure the offender is reported. We have to assume that the cost of repair will now be added to everyone's council tax bill.
?	Bus Shelter Damage Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 4:40 PM (BST) I agree if you want vandalism to stop it's up to the individual to challenge this behaviour or at the very least report it to the police. Its easy, pick the phone up and dial 101, and yes you can get through, it's an urban myth that 101 is always busy. When you do speak to the operator, be polite, give them the offender’s details such as age, height, clothing and better still a name if known. Also be prepared to give a statement to the police and if necessary stand up in court, because the police cant do it for you. If you’re not prepared to do this then the vandals have won and the community has lost.
?	Bus Shelter Damage Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:28 AM (BST) I agree too, but breaking a glass panel like that with a brick/stone/club is a pretty instantaneous act ie. By time the glass has been broken and the neighbouring properties are aware of it, the perpetrator is likely to have long since fled. Thus any details the police are likely to receive are very vague. As a further thought, I asumed that Southern Vectis had stopped using glass in bus shelters long ago and replaced with Perspex which is harder to vandalise and less likely to cause injury, and seeing as this is a new shelter I thought this would have applied.
?	Bus Shelter Damage Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 1:52 PM (BST) The IW Council are responsible for bus shelters, not Southern Vectis.
?	Bus Shelter Damage Posted: Friday, June 13, 2008 9:23 AM (BST) We know who is responsible for the acts, the police just keep giving them warnings. sorry but i wonder if the police have any power at all or are either to persdonally friendly with the family or scared of them.. and thats just my opinion.