LISS parish councillors have criticised police for their "totally inadequate" action after, they claimed, more than 50 youngsters went on the rampage in the village centre.
Complaining this week to Ins Gerry Thorne, head of Longmoor police section, parish council clerk Dick Bowery told him the youngsters had run amok through Liss last Thursday evening.
He added: "Their boorish behaviour included drunkenness, urinating in public (including on the door handles of private houses) smashing bottles, turning dustbins over and scattering the contents and damage to a fence panel."
He said villagers felt threatened and were scared by the abusive behaviour of the young people when they were asked to move away.
Mr Bowery said that after being alerted by a resident, an officer arrived 50 minutes later. He told the resident he was unable to take action as he was wary that the mob could turn on him and he had no powers to enforce the crowd to disperse. He suggested that Liss should press for a dispersal order.
"We feel that the response time and effectiveness of the police action were totally inadequate for the situation," said Mr Bowery. He told Ins Thorne that parish councillors were calling for an investigation into the incident.
Insp Thorne told The Herald: "I have asked for reports from the officers on duty. Once I have these I will be replying directly to the parish council.
"Over the last six months we have done an awful lot of work in the Liss area and spent a great deal of time and money dealing with problems of noise and nuisance. I was under the impression that things had got better, but if this is happening again we will institute what steps we can. If the circumstances in Liss are such that a they require a dispersal order I will happily make an application to the Chief Superintendent for one."