Police interventions in uniform in nightlife settings to reduce public disorders
Police interventions in licensed premises, with uniformed police officers visiting pubs two to three times a week was found in a narrative review (Calafat, Juan and Duch, 2009) to lead to:
- a 20 % reduction in recorded public disorders offences in the intervention area, compared with no reduction in the control area.
Police intervention in high-risk premises was found in a systematic review (Jones et al 2010) and in a narrative review (EMCDDA, 2012) to be a more effective strategy than ‘low level’ policing in:
- reducing alcohol-related incidents (narrative results only).