err.....i not sure about 'strapped' for officers. oh i live in Southend on sea, Essex by the way, the boy racer land. i know esp. the weekend the is lots of police on the sea front where cruisers are so not sure if they concentrate on cruisers but i witness lots of fights outside the clubs that is virtually nxt to sea front, few occasions(mainly wk end) when it sometimes get really bad, the police only turn up by the time its over & sometimes clubbers,drunk, are way out of control that you see few officers restraining 1 person. one time it got really bad there was a gang fight between 2 gangs outside a club & the police i should think was not present yet. few got taken to a hospital in a town called Basildon, dont know why when Southend hospital is closest & the other gang followed them there & another fight happened but this time at Basildon hospital & part of the hospital got set on fire. is things like that scares you & you think where are the police when you need them....