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 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 Cheshire 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?"
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