Dispersal orders are in place this weekend in a bid to stop yob “chaos” in a busy town centre.
Officers in Widnes deployed the tactic in the wake of a spate of antisocial behaviour earlier in the week when youths - some riding bicycles - smashed windows, damaged a fire alarm and threw a fire extinguisher at a window while others did wheelies through Asda and used foul language.
A post on Widnes Police’s page on Facebook branded the scenes “chaos”.