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| Flip-flops to stop tipsy feeling | Flip-flops to stop tipsy feeling |
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| Late night revellers in a Devon resort are being offered flip-flops to help them get home. | Late night revellers in a Devon resort are being offered flip-flops to help them get home. |
| Police in Torquay say it makes it easier for women, rather than struggling along in high heels. | Police in Torquay say it makes it easier for women, rather than struggling along in high heels. |
| Campaigners The Taxpayers' Alliance said the £30,000 cost of the scheme was an "idiotic waste of money". | Campaigners The Taxpayers' Alliance said the £30,000 cost of the scheme was an "idiotic waste of money". |
| Police say it is part of a wider package of the measures including advice on safer sex and a police team who have reduced crime. | Police say it is part of a wider package of the measures including advice on safer sex and a police team who have reduced crime. |
| The flip-flops, which will be given out from December, will have messages about safe alcohol limits printed on them. | The flip-flops, which will be given out from December, will have messages about safe alcohol limits printed on them. |
| The footwear will be paid for by £30,000 of funding secured from the Home Office by Safer Communities Torbay, an alliance of local authority, police and health services. | The footwear will be paid for by £30,000 of funding secured from the Home Office by Safer Communities Torbay, an alliance of local authority, police and health services. |
| The scheme is the latest late-night policing idea in Torbay where "mop cops" order people who urinate in the street to clean up after themselves. | The scheme is the latest late-night policing idea in Torbay where "mop cops" order people who urinate in the street to clean up after themselves. |
| Matthew Elliott of the Taxpayers' Alliance said: "This is an idiotic waste of money. | |
| This is part of a forward-thinking, innovative partnership to make it a safer place to be Supt Chris Singer | |
| "People don't pay taxes for drunk women to get free flip-flops, they want police to fight crime. | "People don't pay taxes for drunk women to get free flip-flops, they want police to fight crime. |
| "Police aren't there to be an emergency supply of flat shoes." | "Police aren't there to be an emergency supply of flat shoes." |
| Supt Chris Singer, Torbay Police Commander, said the flip-flops were part of a wider campaign to make the area safer at night. | |
| These included extra officers on duty at night in the harbour area and safer-sex advice, as well as the "mop cops". | |
| He said: "I would be surprised if the cost of the flip-flops was more than £200. | |
| "This is part of a forward-thinking, innovative partnership to make it a safer place to be." |