http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=299042005
KATE FOSTER
"SENIOR police chiefs have demanded that pubs be charged extra rates to pay for the cost of policing crowds of drunken revellers that cause chaos on the streets at closing time.
Malcolm Dickson, the deputy chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police, estimates it costs up to £20,000 a year to police every one of the large drinking venues - around the salary of a police officer. With an increase in the number of so-called superpubs, Dickson says it is now time for landlords to foot the policing bill. "
