Police hunt thug over Rochester street attack

Martin wrote:

Which ever way we say go, every one is saying here the drink is the problem. We have a culture of binge drinking, this needs to stop - but how? Again do the bars not have a duty of care to stop supplying people with drink if they have had to much?. Turning out drunks onto the street in my mind should see that license holder be warned that they could be closed down.

03 Aug 2010 9:45 AM

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Steve wrote:

24 hour licensing laws have helped ease the problem of fights by staggering the closing times of pubs and clubs. Go back a few years when all the pubs a longer rochester highstreet closed at the same time it made rochester a no go area! Along with the fact that now Rochester has a pub watch system fights, drunkeness, drug abuse etc is dealt with very quickly and swiftly by both door staff and police (i know i work in a pub along the high st) Its all well and good saying where were the police but could you do their job on a friday & sat night?

02 Aug 2010 8:58 PM

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peter wrote:

I know how thin the line is rusty.But after years working A+e anyone who believes the problems werent as bad prior to longer licencing hours is on another planet.Going back to shorter drinking hours will just mean bigger flashpoints as they all leave at same time.Forget changing drinking laws and hitting price of drink and deal with the people causing the trouble.Millions go out and never cause or get into trouble so why blanket punish,deal with the ones that do.

30 Jul 2010 8:57 AM

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rusty wrote:

Thats right jim! Just love the paperwork, we all do....more of it please!!!!!
Then perhaps we can just leave everyone on a friday night just to get on with it, whilst we stay in having a nice cup of tea.
If only you guys knew just how thin that blue line is. And its not going to get any better is it???

29 Jul 2010 9:34 PM

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Jim wrote:

Nothing pleases a policeman more than to make an arrest and spend hours on end in the police station eg: o'ff the streets away from the work. (it makes the shift fly by) Of course a lot of police officers are hard working and a credit to the job then there are others who are lazy bug*ers.

29 Jul 2010 9:02 PM

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rusty wrote:

Mick you clown. It just so happened all the police were dealing with everything else that was going on all round Medway that night and dealing with other drunken prisoners!!! I should know as I was working and my feet didnt touch the ground in a ten hours and I was assaulted twice in the same shift!!
Get your facts right before making ill thought out off the cuff comments..........

29 Jul 2010 7:26 PM

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Mick wrote:

The police often say "there was a lot of people in the area at the time of the attack". However it would seem there were no police about yet again.

29 Jul 2010 4:47 PM

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Martin wrote:

24 drinking has a lot to answer for. Why do we need these places open until the early hours? Most towns seem to suffer with this type of incident and mostly drink related. If people are drunk on the streets then the bars or clubs have a duty of care not to supply them with drink to get in this state. A few licenses taken away would make the owners think. We are all paying for this extra policing and A&E support. Can we not go back to the old hours of opening (before midnight and lunchtime opening only). There has always been drink problems but not on this scale.

29 Jul 2010 4:24 PM

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Amanda M wrote:

Here we go again :o(

Continuously, people are being badly injured once again in the vicinity of the Casino Rooms.

How many people were injured in Rochester, through being attacked, while the Casino was shut after the fire? I can't remember many at all, but since it's been re-opened it's like Groundhog Day!

Isn't it about time whoever runs this place had better security roaming Rochester in general, if the place has to be open, at least look after the public properly!

I hope he gets well soon.

29 Jul 2010 3:42 PM

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