HUMBERSIDE Police wasted public money by imposing curbs on a Grimsby Top Town bar, according to a councillor.
Members of North East Lincolnshire Council's licensing sub committee heard police officers attended the venue after a street brawl involving two women and four men.
Committee chairman Councillor Ray Oxby called for a meeting with police chiefs and said the conditions imposed by police and number of meetings following the incident had been a "waste of public resources".
A number of those involved in the assault on Saturday, March 2, had been drinking in Chambers in Old Market Place.
They were later admitted back into the bar after the violent incident. Six people have been charged with assault and are due to appear in court at a later date.
In a report to the committee, Inspector Neil Pattison said CCTV of the incident outside Chambers showed women and men fighting in the street. Glasses and a chair were thrown as well as someone being hit on the head by a chair.
Inspector Pattison said: "At no point was there any intervention to protect members of the public from serious harm by the security staff from Chambers.
"In the aftermath, all involved were seen to re-enter Chambers, unchallenged by the door staff."
Chambers was then banned from selling alcohol after 10pm and no drinks were allowed to be taken outside.
Councillors reinstated the licence to 2am. Drinks sold after 7pm must be in polycarbonate cups, and all drinks taken outside must also be in them.
