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Responsible Service of Alcohol News: Parramatta Alcohol Violence gets Out of Hand

By Peter Cutforth

December 16, 2013

Alcohol Fuelled Violence, Alcohol Violence, Parramatta, Responsible Service of Alcohol, RSA Australia

While many parts of the country are experiencing progress in the fight against alcohol fuelled violence, there are some areas where alcohol fuelled violence is still alarmingly high. In fact in some areas the levels of alcohol fuelled violence are on the increase. Parramatta and its CBD in particular are one such area.

Police have expressed major concerns over alcohol fuelled violence and other anti-social behaviour in Parramatta’s CBD especially over the weekend.

Last weekend was no different with police from the Parramatta Local Area Command and the Alcohol and Licensing Enforcement Command (ALEC) removed 2 intoxicated men from a bar in Parramatta’s Church Street. The 2 men became argumentative and aggressive when approached by the police.

The police officers managed to remove the 2 troublemakers from the bar but a large crowd joined in and became aggressive towards police and tried to intervene in the arrests. Because of this behaviour, officers had to be brought in from the Public Order and Riot Squad to assist in dispersing the crowd.

Read what happened according to a post by www.ParramattaSun.com.au

Police will allege during a number of inspections of the bar they located two men in seriously intoxicated states.

One man refused medical treatment while another was allegedly so intoxicated he had to be taken to Westmead Hospital for treatment.

A third man was allegedly found in the car park of the premises in a drunken state and also had to be taken to hospital for treatment.

A number of people were charged or infringed for alcohol-related offences.

This included three men who were charged with failing to quit licensed premises.

Another man was issued a court attendance notice for assault police, resist arrest and offensive conduct while three people were issued criminal infringement notices for offensive language and re-entering the premises after they were excluded.

Source: http://www.parramattasun.com.au/story/1781531/alcohol-fuels-trouble-in-parramatta/?cs=12

According to Acting Parramatta commander, Superintendent Karen Webb the police need pubs and clubs to work with them in the responsible service of alcohol to reduce alcohol fuelled incidents such as assaults caused by excessive and irresponsible drinking.

All employees, management and owners of licenced venues need to ensure that they are properly trained on Responsible Service of Alcohol measures and are enforcing RSA rules when they supply alcohol to customers – it is vital to overcoming alcohol fuelled misconduct.

The police have vowed to continue to conduct patrols of licensed premises to ensure the safety of patrons. The article goes on to explain:

“Every weekend police are out on patrol to ensure the safety of the community but we can only do so much,” she said.

“More often than not, those who drink to excess find themselves making poor choices, passing out in the street or leaving themselves vulnerable.

“It is sad people feel the need to get blind drunk to have a good time and it is about time people took responsibility for their actions.”

Superintendent Webb assured the community and local businesses that police were committed to reducing alcohol-related crime in Parramatta.

Source: http://www.parramattasun.com.au/story/1781531/alcohol-fuels-trouble-in-parramatta/?cs=12

 

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