Fears Over Extended Licensing Hours Prove Groundless

POLICE in Thame have reported a relatively trouble-free Christmas and New Year, despite fears that extended opening times for pubs and other premises licensed to sell alcohol, would increase drunkeness and criminality.
Inspector Stuart Dunbar, from Thame Police Station, told ThameNews.Net: “After a slight increase in minor disorder during late November/early December, I tasked officers for high visibilty patrols in the town centre and we visited all the main licensed premises to see what their arrangements were for Christmas and the New Year.
“Despite an increase in the number of people about over Christmas and New Year, their were no arrests. We had only one minor alternation between two people who knew each other and that was it.
“I would like to thank landlords in the town for behaving so responsibly and contributing to what was a pleasant surprise for us!”