Controlled drinking zone

1.27 A controlled drinking zone (CDZ) means that it is an offence for a person to drink alcohol in any public place after a police officer (or police community support officer), asks that person not to do so. The officers can:

• ask a person to stop consuming alcohol

• confiscate alcohol from that person

• dispose of any alcohol in that person’s possession

1.28 We have introduced a CDZ that covers the whole of the Borough of Camden excluding the parks of Hampstead Heath, the Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill.

1.29 We aim through the CDZ, to target those involved in alcohol related anti-social behaviour and it does not mean that a person cannot drink alcohol responsibly in a public place.