Alcohol Disorder Zones
Alcohol disorder zones (ADZs) are designed to tackle the problem of alcohol related crime and disorder in town and city centres through a focus on collective responsibility and/or the management of individual premises.
The idea behind ADZs was that they would sit alongside other measures to change individuals' behaviour through awareness-raising along with firm action against those involved in alcohol-related crime and disorder, tackling individual problem premises and securing the collective responsibility of licensed premises to help build a robust local infrastructure to manage the night time economy.
They have been available to local authorities since the summer of 2008. However none have yet been introduced, mainly for two reasons. The first is that there is a significant cost burden to be borne by the local authority whilst they investigate the possibility of an ADZ. The second probably relates to the name. Do you really want your neighbourhood called an Alcohol Disorder Zone? Just think of the people it might attract.
