Local Conservative PCC candidate Katy Bourne welcomes new powers to tackle alcohol-fuelled crime and disorder
Local Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner candidate Katy Bourne has welcomed two new powers that will help local communities to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence and disorder.
New Government measures mean that later this year local councils will be able to:
use early morning alcohol restriction orders (EMROs) to restrict the sale of alcohol in all or part of their areas between midnight and 6am;
charge a levy for late-night licences to contribute to the cost of extra policing and other costs linked to late-night drinking, like street cleaning.
Commenting, local Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner candidate Katy Bourne said:
‘As I campaign across Sussex, local people raise with me their concerns about antisocial behaviour in their neighbourhoods. Often alcohol plays a part in trouble and disturbances on a Friday and Saturday night and it’s local people and local police officers who bear the brunt of it.
‘New figures show that sixteen per cent of local people have personally experienced or witnessed drink related anti-social behaviour in the last twelve months. These new measures will help local people tackle this blight.’
‘If elected as Sussex’s first Police and Crime Commissioner in November, I will work with all local agencies to tackle antisocial behaviour and cut crime.’
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