City Fights Drunken Violence With Bubbles

Police community support officers in Bolton will battle public drunkenness by handing out bubble-blowers on Saturday nights throughout December. It is hoped that the new program will channel over-boisterous behavior into harmless fun. A similar program that gave the intoxicated lollipops was tested earlier this year with some success. Not everyone is keen on the idea however. Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the Taxpayers' Alliance, said, "This is completely bonkers. People want the police fighting crime, not handing out nursery school gimmicks. If this money isn't needed it should be given back to taxpayers, not squandered." If we could start a program that took away keys at bars and handed out Big Wheels for drunks to take home we could prevent many traffic accidents.

Brilliant idea!

[iSzabo]

Why waste money having X number of officers tied up handling drunk people when one guy can spend a few seconds and hand them a bubble blower. I think this is s step in the right direction not for law enforcement but for keeping peace. The job of the police isn't to nab bad guys, it's to keep society a nice place to live. Also: I'd love a bubble blower when I'm drunk (although admittedly I don't think I'm rowdy enough to earn one).