I found a rather comical article from this past May involving some very interesting, though unorthodox psychological tactics against rebellious youths. A Belfast police van was “under attack” by a group of about ten drunk teenagers that proceeded to throw their empty bottles at the vehicle. How did the guards decide to combat this?

By playing ice cream truck music over their loudspeaker.

Apparently, after less than five minutes of hearing the unbearable childhood rhythms, the teens stopped their assault and retreated from the van, leaving the guards to proceed in their patrol duties. While it was looked upon as humorous by a number of the officers that immediately heard of the event, it was quickly considered a very unprofessional method in dealing with the prominent issue of youth delinquency. I’m no journalist, so I’m going to take the liberty of sharing my own opinion: I think this is actually pretty damn clever!