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Nurses to help out in drunk tanks
Nurses will soon be placed in police stations to help manage the growing number of drunks locked up in cells to sober up.
Ref. https://www.stuff.co.nz/4478521a10.html
Liquor law changes likely
Liquor laws may have to be changed to solve problems associated with binge drinking and violent offending, the prime minister says.
Ref. https://www.stuff.co.nz/4586224a10.html
I thought the Scots were known drinkers, but it seems that the Kiwis can beat them:
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Weekend of drunken mayhem 1000 calls to police Drunken mayhem sparked more than 1000 calls to Wellington police over the weekend 650 to the police communications centre and 414 triple-one calls. Ref. Source 3 |