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Officers on patrol collected three bags of rubbish, including empty vodka bottles and cider cans, from Hawthorn Drive basketball court in south-west Ipswich on Sunday.
The big picture: The incident highlights ongoing challenges maintaining safe and clean community sports facilities for residents.
What happened: Police officers found empty vodka bottles, cider cans, soft drink containers and plastic cups while patrolling near the Hawthorn Drive basketball courts.
Officers filled three bags with discarded items
The clean-up helped ensure safer use of the community facility
What they're saying: "PC 1613 and PC 1831 have cleaned up the rubbish to ensure that they can be used safely by the local community," an Ipswich Police spokesperson said.
The bottom line: The incident shows how community facilities can be affected by the thoughtless actions of a small minority.
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