POLICE PLEAD WITH SHOPKEEPERS TO STOP RED BULL TO CHILDREN

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Police plead with shopkeepers to stop selling Red Bull to schoolchildren in bid to stop bad behaviour

By Daily Mail Reporter
11th April 2011


Police have asked shopkeepers not to sell Red Bull or other energy drinks to youngsters in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour.
Officers in Whitchurch, Hampshire think the children get hyper-active and cause trouble after guzzling cans of the high-sugar, high-caffeine drinks.
Now shops have been asked not to sell energy drinks to under-16s on Friday nights in the hope it will reduce troublemaking.
In a report read to a meeting of Whitchurch town council, PC Paula Deery and PCSO Wendy Eaglestone revealed there had been nine reports of anti-social behaviour in the town in March.
The report stated: 'We have asked shops in Whitchurch not to sell Red Bull or other stimulation drinks to under-16s on a Friday evening as it increases hyper-activity.'
An assembly was also held at the local Testbourne Community School, warning pupils not to cause trouble over the weekends, and letters have been sent out to parents.
The youngsters were warned that if they continued to make a nuisance of themselves, they would face being made a subject of anti-social behaviour contracts.

Councillor Dave Titcomb told the meeting 'There were certainly less children on Friday, the police were out in quite high numbers.

'There are still small groups, especially from Andover, coming in as it seems to be the place to go.'
Councillor Jackie Day asked for police patrols to extend to Saturday nights as well.
She said 'I came through Whitchurch on Saturday at 9.30pm and there were at least six to eight children sitting in the square, riding around the square on bikes making a nuisance of themselves.
'I think they were playing football and using the square as a football pitch.'