Stop, or we'll shout

There's a Robin Williams skit about our unarmed police where he mimics a British policeman chasing an offender, shouting: "Stop! Or I'll shout stop again!".

We were reminded of this by Jacqui Smith's new proposals to crackdown on underage drinking:

The measures include: a major new national crackdown by police to confiscate alcohol from all under-18s drinking in public; extra powers for police to make it clear children drinking in public is unacceptable; and wider use of parenting contracts when poor parenting is identified.

It's a bit Dixon of Dock Green isn't it? And does the pissed young teenager have to sign the parenting contract there and then, or do they take it back to their pissed parents?