Isn't This Sweet ?!

UK: Durham Police have organised funding to buy 10,000 sweeties to silence students as on late nights out. The police officers will keep with their radios and hi-viz vests to give to students so that the people in clan can have a peaceful sleep.

Insp Paul Anderson, of Durham Police says :

The idea of handing out sweets or lollipops at the end of the night has been done in other areas, but we think Durham is the first to include a message aimed at those who might otherwise make a racket.


Late night noise is a genuine issue for a number of our residents and we hope that this initiative will make a difference. It also provides another way for our officers to engage with students and other revellers.

Funding for the sweets came from Durham County Council, the city's Pub Watch scheme, Durham University and the local campus of Teikyo University which gives Japanese students the chance of a year at a UK campus, with all that that implies.