One teenager, Scott, talks about being found passed out on a road
Binge drinkers in Hertfordshire are being offered the chance to reduce their fines in exchange for a stint on an alcohol re-education course.
Police say it has helped contribute to a dramatic fall in alcohol-related disorder.
Pc Steve Muldoon from Hertfordshire Police is trying to calm down a teenager who has been arrested for swearing and being abusive on Stevenage Leisure Park.
But a combination of alcohol and anger mean the message is not getting very far.
Says the young man: "For helping you guys out I get nicked. I've got respect for you... please undo these handcuffs, I beg you. Do you think you're funny in the glasses do you? I was helping the community."
The scenes are hardly unique to Stevenage - they are repeated up and down the UK on a Friday and Saturday night.
Pc Muldoon says the vast majority of the problems they deal with are brought on by booze.
Carrot and stick
"Ninety per cent of what we see on a Friday and Saturday night is alcohol-related," he said.
"We see all sorts of things, from people having too much drink sitting on the floor waiting for taxis and being sick, to people fighting and being aggressive."
The force is becoming increasingly frustrated at seeing the same problems again and again.
Young people worse for wear being handed an
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