Catherine Dyer, area procurator fiscal for Glasgow and Strathkelvin, said that the roll-out of fixed penalty notices across Strathclyde would allow anti-social offences to be dealt with immediately.
Scottish Conservative justice spokesman Bill Aitken said: "People could commit a multitude of crimes and yet merely get on-the-spot-fines, without any proper criminal record.
"Crime and offences are on the increase, police stations are going part-time and now we have pay-as-you-go criminals."
He added: "Whilst reducing pressure on our police and criminal justice system is a laudable aim, it cannot be done for the convenience of the criminal or to massage crime statistics."
{source bbc news}
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