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Pub Watch schemes for Nairn and Aviemore

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Two new pub watch initiatives are being formed in the Highlands.

Licensed premises will work closely with police in Badenoch and Strathspey and Nairn.

The Nairn group will meet for the first time on Friday at 6pm at Nairn Police Station.

Badenoch and Strathspey Pub Watch will be meeting at Aviemore Police Station at 6pm on Thursday April 26.

The aim of pub watch is to provide a means of sharing details of unacceptable behaviour across all of the licensed premises involved.

This means that particularly serious instances can result in individuals being barred from all of the premises in pub watch – to ensure the safety and enjoyment of the vast majority of visitors and residents, as well as staff in licensed premises.

Individual managers will retain the power to exclude people from their premises – but the scheme will allow serious breaches such as assaulting staff or customers, misuse of drugs or damaging property to dealt with by all of the pubs involved.

Aviemore-based Sergeant Craig Johnstone said: “Local licensees are keen to ensure that their businesses are a safe environment for staff and customers alike and pub watch will help maintain that.

“Police will work with those involved in the scheme to make sure that unacceptable behaviour will be dealt with appropriately.

“Anything found to be criminal in nature will be robustly dealt with as normal, while pub watch will also mean that anyone acting anti-socially or in a threatening manner will be liable to be excluded from premises across Badenoch and Strathspey.”

Sergeant Steven MacLennan will host the first meeting in Nairn.

He added: “We are confident that this scheme will help maintain the area’s reputation as a welcoming place to socialise, whether you are a resident, a visitor or work in a licensed premise.