Crackdown on teen drinkers
PATROLS targeting underage drinkers on the streets of Hampshire will be stepped up over half-term.
The move by Hampshire police comes as part of a national crackdown on alcohol-fuelled children committing crime.
Extra officers will be targeting trouble hotspots around the county throughout half-term, beginning on February 16, and confiscate drink from those found boozing on the streets.
It is part of a package of measures to tackle underage drinking announced by the home Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday.
Along with giving police new powers to ban youngsters drinking in public, parents will be held more accountable if their children are found openly drinking by signing up to parenting contracts.
Inspector Alistair Nichols, Hampshire Constabulary's Force Alcohol Harm Reduction Lead said: "Drunken teenagers are more likely to cause criminal damage and antisocial behaviour so police officers across Hampshire and Isle of Wight will be confiscating alcohol from under-18s before the situation gets out of hand."
Police are also able to use this opportunity to gather information regarding the young people's ability to access alcohol locally in order that follow up enquiries can be made with any identified licensed premises or through parents.
The new drive is a boost to the Daily Echo's Keep Kids Sober campaign which was launched by Saints striker Bradley Wright-Phillips, after it was revealed that children as young as 11 were drinking on the streets of Southampton.
Official figures showed that the number of children and teenagers treated in Hampshire hospitals for alcohol-related illnesses had more than doubled in the past decade.
The campaign is backed by Southampton City PCT, Hampshire Constabulary, South Central Ambulance service and the youth projects No Limits and Streetwise.
Professor John Newton, regional director of public Health, NHS South Central said: "Underage drinking is a real concern for the NHS. The damage that drinking causes at such a young age is a tragedy and can easily be under-estimated by the young people concerned.
"What is also concerning is that more and more children aged 16 and under are drinking and being admitted to hospital as a result."
It is an offence for adults to buy alcohol for under-18s, they could receive an £80 fixed penalty notice or end up in court and fined up to £5,000.
5:30am Thursday 7th February 2008
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CommentPosted by: Adrian Smith on 6:30am Thu 7 Feb 08
"parents will be held more accountable if their children are found openly drinking by signing up to parenting contracts."
Not worth the paper they are printed on.
"parents will be held more accountable if their children are found openly drinking by signing up to parenting contracts."
Not worth the paper they are printed on.
Posted by: jp, Hants on 6:50am Thu 7 Feb 08
Good start, now let's get the gangs off the streets and we can feel safe to go out after dark again!
Good start, now let's get the gangs off the streets and we can feel safe to go out after dark again!
Posted by: Sue, Southampton on 7:49am Thu 7 Feb 08
I thought half-term was this week with the huge numbers of children on the streets of Southampton.
Who provides the children with the money to purchase alcohol? Parent shoudl be made responsible and stop giving their children too much money.
I thought half-term was this week with the huge numbers of children on the streets of Southampton.
Who provides the children with the money to purchase alcohol? Parent shoudl be made responsible and stop giving their children too much money.
Posted by: Parent on 8:47am Thu 7 Feb 08
[quote][bold]Sue[/bold] wrote:
I thought half-term was this week with the huge numbers of children on the streets of Southampton. Who provides the children with the money to purchase alcohol? Parent shoudl be made responsible and stop giving their children too much money.[/quote] Next you will be suggesting we increase the price of alcohol to deter this kind of problem.
Sue wrote:
I thought half-term was this week with the huge numbers of children on the streets of Southampton. Who provides the children with the money to purchase alcohol? Parent shoudl be made responsible and stop giving their children too much money.
Next you will be suggesting we increase the price of alcohol to deter this kind of problem.
Posted by: ledg on 9:19am Thu 7 Feb 08
[quote][bold]Parent[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Sue[/bold] wrote: I thought half-term was this week with the huge numbers of children on the streets of Southampton. Who provides the children with the money to purchase alcohol? Parent shoudl be made responsible and stop giving their children too much money.[/quote] Next you will be suggesting we increase the price of alcohol to deter this kind of problem.[/quote] actually thats a good idea they should put prices up on alcohol
what a star you are
Parent wrote:
Sue wrote: I thought half-term was this week with the huge numbers of children on the streets of Southampton. Who provides the children with the money to purchase alcohol? Parent shoudl be made responsible and stop giving their children too much money.
Next you will be suggesting we increase the price of alcohol to deter this kind of problem.
actually thats a good idea they should put prices up on alcohol
what a star you are
Posted by: ledg on 9:24am Thu 7 Feb 08
[quote][bold]Parent[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Sue[/bold] wrote: I thought half-term was this week with the huge numbers of children on the streets of Southampton. Who provides the children with the money to purchase alcohol? Parent shoudl be made responsible and stop giving their children too much money.[/quote] Next you will be suggesting we increase the price of alcohol to deter this kind of problem.[/quote] you dont want that to happen do you your be skint the amount your kids drink lol. if that whould happen you will have to drink lambrini like the good old days
Parent wrote:
Sue wrote: I thought half-term was this week with the huge numbers of children on the streets of Southampton. Who provides the children with the money to purchase alcohol? Parent shoudl be made responsible and stop giving their children too much money.
Next you will be suggesting we increase the price of alcohol to deter this kind of problem.
you dont want that to happen do you your be skint the amount your kids drink lol. if that whould happen you will have to drink lambrini like the good old days
Posted by: Adrian Smith on 9:28am Thu 7 Feb 08
[quote][bold]ledg[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Parent[/bold] wrote: [quote][bold]Sue[/bold] wrote: I thought half-term was this week with the huge numbers of children on the streets of Southampton. Who provides the children with the money to purchase alcohol? Parent shoudl be made responsible and stop giving their children too much money.[/quote] Next you will be suggesting we increase the price of alcohol to deter this kind of problem.[/quote] actually thats a good idea they should put prices up on alcohol what a star you are[/quote] Certainly resolved the problem in France and Spain to name two Countries. Oh wait they have much cheaper alcohol than us.
ledg wrote:
Parent wrote: Sue wrote: I thought half-term was this week with the huge numbers of children on the streets of Southampton. Who provides the children with the money to purchase alcohol? Parent shoudl be made responsible and stop giving their children too much money.
Next you will be suggesting we increase the price of alcohol to deter this kind of problem.
actually thats a good idea they should put prices up on alcohol what a star you are
Certainly resolved the problem in France and Spain to name two Countries. Oh wait they have much cheaper alcohol than us.
Posted by: Calvin, Southampton on 11:10am Thu 7 Feb 08
Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED.
Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly supermarkets.
WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all.
They will just continue because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.
Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED.
Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly supermarkets.
WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all.
They will just continue because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.
Posted by: An angry soton resident on 11:21am Thu 7 Feb 08
Something needs to be done because our hospitals are already over stretched for transplants. By the time these teens reach mid 20's they will be needing liver transplants.
Also teens put a heavy load on our ambulance services with calls like 'a mate has collapsed after drinking half a litre of vodka' well derr. They or their parents should be billed for the use of any emergency service when it's drink related.
The emergency services are for emergencies not for out of control drunk teens.
Something needs to be done because our hospitals are already over stretched for transplants. By the time these teens reach mid 20's they will be needing liver transplants.
Also teens put a heavy load on our ambulance services with calls like 'a mate has collapsed after drinking half a litre of vodka' well derr. They or their parents should be billed for the use of any emergency service when it's drink related.
The emergency services are for emergencies not for out of control drunk teens.
Posted by: Reclaim the streets on 11:27am Thu 7 Feb 08
[quote][bold]Calvin[/bold] wrote:
Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED. Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly supermarkets. WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all. They will just continue because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.[/quote] If the supermarkets want to sell me cheap booze I'm not going to complain. Why should I have to pay more just because a bunch of chavs have already spawned the next generation of no-hopers and have no interest where their offspring are or what they are doing. If kids are caught with booze take them to the cop shop and make their parents come down and bail them out - zero tolerance. Only when the parents start to be inconvenience by their kids will they start exerting a little more control over them.
Calvin wrote:
Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED. Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly supermarkets. WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all. They will just continue because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.
If the supermarkets want to sell me cheap booze I'm not going to complain. Why should I have to pay more just because a bunch of chavs have already spawned the next generation of no-hopers and have no interest where their offspring are or what they are doing. If kids are caught with booze take them to the cop shop and make their parents come down and bail them out - zero tolerance. Only when the parents start to be inconvenience by their kids will they start exerting a little more control over them.
Posted by: Joe on 11:42am Thu 7 Feb 08
Education Education Education. Government Slogan.
Why not a public slogan for a change.
Governments can only be sway by public interest ( or disinterest).
We all have something to say and to do.
The antisocial behaviour in general is often fuel by the desire to show off to someone,- Friends or others - or it can be just stupid ignorance.
Our world and its environment can only improve when and where there are enough people taken seriously their own comitment and influence in the evironment they live in.
A non confronting good word can often chalenge bad behaviour.
Yet unfortunately, we, most of us, are to scare or dismiss the possibility to change what we see or hear what could be corrected in our society.
Education Education Education. Government Slogan.
Why not a public slogan for a change.
Governments can only be sway by public interest ( or disinterest).
We all have something to say and to do.
The antisocial behaviour in general is often fuel by the desire to show off to someone,- Friends or others - or it can be just stupid ignorance.
Our world and its environment can only improve when and where there are enough people taken seriously their own comitment and influence in the evironment they live in.
A non confronting good word can often chalenge bad behaviour.
Yet unfortunately, we, most of us, are to scare or dismiss the possibility to change what we see or hear what could be corrected in our society.
Posted by: George on 12:03pm Thu 7 Feb 08
[quote][bold]Calvin[/bold] wrote:
Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their
prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED.
Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly
supermarkets.
WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all. They will just continue
because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.[/quote] They are looking at ways of stopping supermarkets selling alcohol so cheap, but unfortunately we've already got laws in place to [bold]stop[/bold] the government interfering with commerce in that way. It would be nice if supermarkets stopped selling alcohol so cheaply, but do we really want to open the can of worms that is letting the government dictate pricing strategies? I'm unconvinced.
Make the parents actually accountable for what their offspring get up to, and actually enforce the accountability.
Calvin wrote:
Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their
prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED.
Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly
supermarkets.
WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all. They will just continue
because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.
They are looking at ways of stopping supermarkets selling alcohol so cheap, but unfortunately we've already got laws in place to
stop the government interfering with commerce in that way. It would be nice if supermarkets stopped selling alcohol so cheaply, but do we really want to open the can of worms that is letting the government dictate pricing strategies? I'm unconvinced.
Make the parents actually accountable for what their offspring get up to, and actually enforce the accountability.
Posted by: Christoff on 4:50pm Thu 7 Feb 08
[quote][bold]Reclaim the streets[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Calvin[/bold] wrote: Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED. Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly supermarkets. WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all. They will just continue because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.[/quote] If the supermarkets want to sell me cheap booze I'm not going to complain. Why should I have to pay more just because a bunch of chavs have already spawned the next generation of no-hopers and have no interest where their offspring are or what they are doing. If kids are caught with booze take them to the cop shop and make their parents come down and bail them out - zero tolerance. Only when the parents start to be inconvenience by their kids will they start exerting a little more control over them.[/quote] I concur. Supermarkets maybe a factor but they can't be blamed for everything that is wrong in this country. Most things but not everything!
Reclaim the streets wrote:
Calvin wrote: Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED. Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly supermarkets. WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all. They will just continue because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.
If the supermarkets want to sell me cheap booze I'm not going to complain. Why should I have to pay more just because a bunch of chavs have already spawned the next generation of no-hopers and have no interest where their offspring are or what they are doing. If kids are caught with booze take them to the cop shop and make their parents come down and bail them out - zero tolerance. Only when the parents start to be inconvenience by their kids will they start exerting a little more control over them.
I concur. Supermarkets maybe a factor but they can't be blamed for everything that is wrong in this country. Most things but not everything!
Posted by: Chav City on 6:59pm Thu 7 Feb 08
[quote][bold]Reclaim the streets[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Calvin[/bold] wrote: Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED. Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly supermarkets. WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all. They will just continue because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.[/quote] If the supermarkets want to sell me cheap booze I'm not going to complain. Why should I have to pay more just because a bunch of chavs have already spawned the next generation of no-hopers and have no interest where their offspring are or what they are doing. If kids are caught with booze take them to the cop shop and make their parents come down and bail them out - zero tolerance. Only when the parents start to be inconvenience by their kids will they start exerting a little more control over them.[/quote] I agree, well said!
Reclaim the streets wrote:
Calvin wrote: Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED. Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly supermarkets. WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all. They will just continue because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.
If the supermarkets want to sell me cheap booze I'm not going to complain. Why should I have to pay more just because a bunch of chavs have already spawned the next generation of no-hopers and have no interest where their offspring are or what they are doing. If kids are caught with booze take them to the cop shop and make their parents come down and bail them out - zero tolerance. Only when the parents start to be inconvenience by their kids will they start exerting a little more control over them.
I agree, well said!
Posted by: NT, soton on 8:02pm Thu 7 Feb 08
i hope they are going to come around these parts of the city and clean up the streets of harefield
i hope they are going to come around these parts of the city and clean up the streets of harefield
Posted by: paul b on 8:58pm Thu 7 Feb 08
[quote][bold]George[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Calvin[/bold] wrote:
Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their
prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED.
Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly
supermarkets.
WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all. They will just continue
because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.[/quote] They are looking at ways of stopping supermarkets selling alcohol so cheap, but unfortunately we've already got laws in place to [bold]stop[/bold] the government interfering with commerce in that way. It would be nice if supermarkets stopped selling alcohol so cheaply, but do we really want to open the can of worms that is letting the government dictate pricing strategies? I'm unconvinced.
Make the parents actually accountable for what their offspring get up to, and actually enforce the accountability.[/quote] Yawn
Listen to me blabber on blah blah blah
George wrote:
Calvin wrote:
Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their
prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED.
Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly
supermarkets.
WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all. They will just continue
because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.
They are looking at ways of stopping supermarkets selling alcohol so cheap, but unfortunately we've already got laws in place to stop the government interfering with commerce in that way. It would be nice if supermarkets stopped selling alcohol so cheaply, but do we really want to open the can of worms that is letting the government dictate pricing strategies? I'm unconvinced.
Make the parents actually accountable for what their offspring get up to, and actually enforce the accountability.
Yawn
Listen to me blabber on blah blah blah
Posted by: paul boring on 7:55am Sat 9 Feb 08
[quote][bold]paul b[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]George[/bold] wrote: [quote][bold]Calvin[/bold] wrote: Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED. Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly supermarkets. WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all. They will just continue because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.[/quote] They are looking at ways of stopping supermarkets selling alcohol so cheap, but unfortunately we've already got laws in place to [bold]stop[/bold] the government interfering with commerce in that way. It would be nice if supermarkets stopped selling alcohol so cheaply, but do we really want to open the can of worms that is letting the government dictate pricing strategies? I'm unconvinced. Make the parents actually accountable for what their offspring get up to, and actually enforce the accountability.[/quote] Yawn Listen to me blabber on blah blah blah [/quote] It's better than reading your unexciting dribble!
paul b wrote:
George wrote: Calvin wrote: Why don't the government tell the supermarkets to stop dropping their prices on booze.. and make them more expensive. PROBLEM SOLVED. Booze is far to cheap for underage drinkers, thanks to mainly supermarkets. WOW PATROLS. lol that won't help at all. They will just continue because alcohol is so cheap in certain places.
They are looking at ways of stopping supermarkets selling alcohol so cheap, but unfortunately we've already got laws in place to stop the government interfering with commerce in that way. It would be nice if supermarkets stopped selling alcohol so cheaply, but do we really want to open the can of worms that is letting the government dictate pricing strategies? I'm unconvinced. Make the parents actually accountable for what their offspring get up to, and actually enforce the accountability.
Yawn Listen to me blabber on blah blah blah
It's better than reading your unexciting dribble!
Posted by: southy, redbridge on 2:34pm Sat 7 Jun 08
put the drinking age up to 21 years
put the drinking age up to 21 years
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