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12 Jan 2012
As the New Year
sales come to an end and people pack away their Christmas
decorations for another year some Christmas festivities will have
far reaching consequences over the next few months.
Throughout the festive period Cheshire Constabulary highlighted
the dangers of excessive drinking and the
impact it can have on people having a night out.
′The Good, The Bad and The Ugly′ campaign
delivered hard hitting messages
and gave safety advice to hundreds of people over the Christmas
period.
The Bad news for those people who didn′t heed
the advice of the police and put themselves and others at
risk through alcohol, the next few weeks will be a
worrying time as they face the consequences of their
actions.
The national campaign to tackle drink and drug
driving took place between the 1st of December
and 1st of January. During the campaign 188 people
were arrested for drink and drug driving offences. Out of
the 188 arrests 7 people were arrested for drug
driving.
Assistant Chief Constable Janette McCormick commented:
People are not listening, they are not
accepting that excessive drinking can cause Bad and often Ugly
behaviour. This can be evidenced by the number of alcohol related
anti-social behaviour incidents recorded over the festive
period.
This year when compared to the same period last year saw
incidents of anti-social behaviour that have alcohol as an
influencing factor rise to 692. The impact this
has on resources within the emergency services is huge
In Cheshire, officers where called to deal with drunken
brawls, disputes that erupted on the
street, drunks who were passed out,
domestics that had escalated because those involved had
been drinking and on top of dealing with these incidents officers
and staff were investigating crimes where victims and offenders had
little or no recollection of what had happened
because of the amount they have had to drink.
The Ugly truth is; some people are still not getting the message
about the dangers associated with excessive
drinking. They need to understand the damage
alcohol can do to their bodies, the dangers and risks it
posses on our streets, how it influences themselves and others
around them as well as how they can be at risk of becoming a victim
of crime.
This is a problem that we face all year round, the emergency
services can not pack away their Christmas memories as officers and
staff will face the same problems on the streets this Friday and
Saturday night where alcohol is the root cause of
many of the incidents and crimes they will be called to deal with
this weekend, my question to those who are reading this is −
is this acceptable?
- ACC Janette McCormick, Cheshire Constabulary
