The police are good at short term, we just move the problem on, but we don't solve it. We have to think of the future. Quick-solve measures like curfews may just be like sticky plasters. He is currently working on the idea of an under-12s disco. To the Haslingden police, the idea of dusk-dawn curfews seem restrictive.
Measures have to be proportionate to the problem.
I would have to be sure we are not interfering with human rights by imposing a curfew. We would have to have good reasons or evidence to send someone home. Curfews might be policeable if they related to small, specific areas. But as a whole borough, it would be inappropriate. I couldn't live like that.