October 29, 2004

New adventures in policing - the drunk tank

Would you believe that in Scotland, with its drink culture and culture of drink-related violence, there isn't a single drunk tank?? Not even in Glasgow???

He [Councillor Eric Millian, ex-Lord Provost of Edinburgh] said he could envisage "several" people being taken to the centre every weekend.

If Eric Milligan ever went out on a weekend in Edinburgh he'd envisage several people being taken in every bloody hour...

Posted in: Edinburgh, Urban

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