Police say there were two incidents where youths took toy BB guns to The Centre at Halton last week.
Officers are reminding parents that although these toy BB guns are legal, busy public areas are not an acceptable place for them to be used.
PSCO Paul Shepherd said: ’’These toy guns can cause alarm and distress to other members of the public. The BB guns should never be fired at another person or their property or directed towards them. These actions could be reported to the police as an assault, criminal damage, anti-social behaviour or cause an injury to innocent bystanders.
‘’Toy BB guns are manufactured in bright colours like blue, red or yellow so that they can easily be identified as a toy. Inappropriate use of realistic looking imitation BB guns could result in the user being arrested for possession of an imitation fire arm.
‘’We are not aware of any damage, assault or injury during these incidents and it is only unacceptable behaviour at this time.’’
Police investigations continue regarding these two incidents, and two people have been identified and will be spoken to in due course.
Anyone wishing to report nuisance behaviour can do so by calling 101 or by clicking here


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