Martin Terry, Southend councillor in charge in of community safety, said: “I’m relieved that the police have given us assurances that they will have a presence there for the rest of the summer. “If it’s dealt with robustly and the presence is consistently there, I can’t see it being closed again. “We can’t have the seafront like the wild west, what’s been happening is frightening. “We didn’t want to close the seafront, it was forced upon us by these dangerous drivers.” Earlier this month, police officers were injured after objects were thrown at them in a rowdy seafront car meet.