SIR - Commenting on antisocial behaviour in Grandpont Park, Oxford, a resident is reported as asking (Oxford Mail, April 13): "When will the police or council respond? When a child is pricked on a dirty needle?" Don't bank on it.

When I was pestered by a bunch of moronic adolescents, police told me that as I had not been assaulted or threatened, they were not allowed even to have a word with them!

DAVID DIMENT

Oxford