 The order covered disturbances on the Beach Boulevard |
An anti-social dispersal zone giving police the power to move on "boy racers" causing noise and nuisance on Aberdeen's Beach Boulevard has ended. Grampian Police said the order at Aberdeen beach had worked, but a more permanent solution was now required.
The order was introduced to tackle so-called "Bouley Bashers" driving high-powered cars, after complaints from local residents.
Police said that in six months calls to the area had dropped 43%.
The city granted the power under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act in March.
'Proving' time
Anyone who was banned and returned to the area within a day faced arrest and could be fined up to �2,500 or be given three months in prison.
The force said it was time for those targeted by the dispersal order to prove they could behave without it.
Councillors are still looking at longer-term solutions, including closing the Beach Boulevard overnight.
One other dispersal zone has been introduced in Scotland, to tackle drunken behaviour in Edinburgh's Hunter Square.
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