It’s all systems go for Operation Safer Bristol in Bristol leading up to Christmas.
Agencies in the Safer Bristol partnership including the Police, NHS Bristol, Bristol City Council, Crimestoppers and local business are combining efforts in a huge night time operation to keep people safer in the city centre during Christmas and New Year festivities.
Operation Safer Bristol aims to make the city centre a safer and more pleasant environment for revellers with higher-profile policing and more bus and taxi marshals.
It is also aims to reduce accidents on the city’s roads with the biggest-ever clampdown on drink-driving – an estimated 10,000 drivers are likely to be stopped over Christmas and New Year.
Other alcohol-related crimes, including domestic violence, are also being targeted with more CCTV cameras, better street lighting, chill out music played at city centre flashpoints and a new Crimestoppers scheme to tackle violence in the home.
The campaign is being launched by Safer Bristol, the partnership that brings together Avon & Somerset Constabulary, NHS Bristol, Bristol City Council, Crimestoppers and local business.
Safer Bristol Chair Brian McCutcheon said: “We want to make sure that Bristol is a safe and pleasant place for everyone to enjoy the festivities, free from the anti-social behaviour that can blight the city centre. We know that much of the trouble at this time of year stems from over-indulgence of alcohol, often by people who are not used to drinking.
“That is why many of the measures we are taking involve support and help for these people while also cracking down on drink-drivers and those who behave aggressively on our streets.”
