NOTTS Police could be left with a potential bill of around £400,000 to deal with the violence on the city's streets.

The cost for last night alone was estimated at £80,000.

And Assistant Chief Constable Paul Scarrott yesterday told the Post the force would be carrying out high-level patrols for five more days throughout the weekend.

More than 120 police officers were patrolling the city streets with a further 80 special constables at the ready last night.

Parents were advised to keep their children indoors as large groups of youths roamed areas of the city including Bulwell, the Arboretum and the city centre.

Annual leave for some officers was put on hold and many had been drafted in from rural areas such as Worksop and Newark and asked to work 12-hour shifts.

Mr Scarrott said: "I would ask parents to be mindful and keep their children indoors or the very least know where they are or keep them supervised.

"There is no excuse for what these mindless individuals have done. They need to answer for their actions and realise that they do have consequences.

"People are frightened and they want and deserve to be safe and we will make sure they are."

If needed, Notts police had officers from Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire ready to be called in.

Mr Scarrott said he had been speaking to the Police National Co-operating Centre and had been made aware of intelligence from other forces including London's Metropolitan Police where rioting began on Saturday night.

Before the riots in St Ann's on Monday night Notts officers had been requested to help in London, but they did not go because of rioting here.

Mr Scarrott said: "The terrible destruction which has been caused in London over three nights of rioting will not be continued in this city.

"We will make sure those who involved themselves in this mindless crime will be punished."