Club Reps, a bawdy real life UK TV documentary on the goings on in the town
of Faliraki on the Greek island of Rhodes is blamed for an increase in drunken
behaviour. A British policeman from Blackpool, (another delightful part
in North-West UK), with similar issues has been dispatched to Faliraki to
liaise with the Chief of Faliraki police after a British man was stabbed to
death in a bar brawl and a woman jailed for baring her breasts.
Based on a successful model used in Blackpool, the UK police said the key to
tackling problems is stopping the “aggressive marketing of drinks
promotions” and bar crawls. Independent tour operators have sprung up
which were taking 400 or 500 people on bar crawls. Suggestions have been
made to install CCTV cameras on the streets, improve lighting, and increase
police presence and officers are “firm but fair” early in the
evening, to nip problems in the bud.

