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Why waste limited resources on something which moves all young people out of an area? They will move on to somewhere else.

Lovely. But it just doesn't feel like the good old days old people chasing us teens off.

Mike Powis, crime reduction manager at Nottinghamshire Police, said: "This scheme proves that creative solutions can be some of the most effective."

However The National Youth Agency blasted the idea and argued it would just move the problem somewhere else.

"The pink lights are indiscriminate in that they will impact on all young people and older people who do not, perhaps, have
perfect skin"

Peta Halls, development officer for the NYA, said: "Anything that aims to embarrass people out of an area is not on.

"Why waste limited resources on something which moves all young people out of an area? They will move on to somewhere else"

"They have a right to congregate, it's part of being a teenager and most young people are good, law-abiding people"

The National Youth Agency said it would just move the problem somewhere else.