Nantwich Police Sergeant Matthew Stonier has been honoured with the National Pubwatch Malcolm Eidmans Award, sponsored by Poppleston Allen.
The award recognises exceptional contributions by police officers or police staff in supporting Pubwatch schemes across the UK.
Nantwich Police have vowed to ramp up their checks on fake IDs being used by younger people trying to access licenced premises.
Local officers say they are working with members of the town’s Pubwatch scheme to carry out more proactive targeting of those using fake IDs.
A Nantwich police boss has praised night-time venues after a New Year’s Eve without a single incident in licensed premises.
Sgt Matt Stonier said it was probably the first time he could remember that this had happened in the town.
Pub bosses across Nantwich have backed a police campaign to clamp down on underage customers using fake ID.
The initiative, called ‘Fake ID? Real Consequence”, aims to warn those trying to gain access to licensed premises and buy alcohol by using fake ID or someone else’s ID.
A drinker who launched a “xenophobic” tirade of abuse on a German teacher, has been banned from all Nantwich pubs for 12 months.
And bosses of The Vine Inn on Hospital Street, where the incident took place, have confirmed they have issued a lifetime ban on the culprit.
A “taxi marshal” could be employed to crackdown on late-night problems around Nantwich’s taxi rank, police have suggested.
Nantwich officers are hoping to copy a scheme used in Chester and Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Police in Nantwich are hoping to earn the town ArcAngel status by signing up pub bosses to a safer drinking charter. ArcAngel, which aims to tackle alcohol-related crime, is run by Cheshire Police and agencies including local councils, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service and NHS trusts.
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