The number of people urinating in the streets of Aberdeen has plunged since last year, new figures reveal.
Police caught a total of 778 people in the act in the Granite City last year.
But as of May, 86 people had been warned, according to Freedom of Information figures.
Last year, Aberdeen North command reported 35 instances of public urination and in Aberdeen South 743.
This has since dropped to 10 and 76 respectively.
The trend was repeated in Aberdeenshire and Moray with their totals reducing from 210 reports to just 35 this year.
In February, it was revealed that Aberdeen City Council officers were to trial liquid-repelling paint in a bid to stop people from urinating in lifts and stairways within multi-storeys.
Pop-up public urinals have been in operation in the city centre for a number of years.
Last night a police spokeswoman said: “The north-east is a fantastic place to live, work and socialise and the vast majority of the public behave responsibly, however we are committed to ensuring that a minority of disorderly individuals who decide to act in such a way do not get the chance to spoil our communities.
“Police Scotland is committed to tackling antisocial behaviour in whichever form that may take, and it is at the forefront of our policing strategy right across the north-east.”
She warned people needed to take responsibility for their actions, and said those who are caught behaving inappropriately will be punished.
Last night Aberdeen infrastructure convener, Neil Cooney, hailed the figures as a “tremendous turnaround” saying that working with different partners had yielded results.
He said: “These are phenomenal figures and I can only think that the message about this not being acceptable is getting across to people.
“You’ll always get the occasional drunk but I think the night scene in Aberdeen has improved significantly in recent years with offences like this.”