Cheap Booze Crackdown Success

LITTLEHAMPTON traders have noted a "significant reduction" in the amount of street drunkenness, thanks to a scheme introduced in October in which cheap beer and cider was withdrawn from town centre shops.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th Jan 2002, 12:11 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 01:17 BST

The one-month Littlehampton alcohol exclusion project to curb the number of drunken incidents was the brainchild of PC Richard Lancashire and he was delighted with the results.

He said: "On behalf of the Arun crime and disorder reduction partnership, the traders and residents of Littlehampton, I would like to extend our thanks to all of the off-licences who assisted in the project."

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PC Lancashire said the project ran reasonably smoothly and his worst fears of revenge attacks on those taking part were unfounded.

He added: "After an initial few calls from shops to say that they had turned drunks away from trying to be served with these drinks, the town traders experienced a significant reduction in the amount of street drunkenness."

Littlehampton Shopwatch chairman Sue Walker thanked the police for running the scheme, saying that the results had been "excellent".

She added: "No longer do our customers and town visitors have to pass the alcoholics in the street. Now the benches are free for those genuine, needy people."

For the full story, see the Gazette, January 24.