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[jonno1331]

Yo yo, i noticed last year that the police presence was realy higher than any over year ive been, anyone know if its gonna be steped up again for 2009?

I seen quite a few tent raids last year and the people looked so sad after the plod messed up there tents lookin for stuff.

[nvkid909]

int it normally the security firm that goes diving in head first if they feel like it? i'm pretty sure plod are there for keeping the peace, look out for dealers, show a presence, etc etc. not sure how anyone is supposed to know this. have you asked them?

it's a big dance event in the uk. not 'indian sacred land' (like burning man) where they leave you alone. common sense alone dictates that OB can get plenty of o/time & fill their stats at any dance event, if they wanted to .

[jonno1331]

nvkid909, on Jun 26 2009, 09:09 PM, said:

int it normally the security firm that goes diving in head first if they feel like it? i'm pretty sure plod are there for keeping the peace, look out for dealers, show a presence, etc etc. not sure how anyone is supposed to know this. have you asked them?

it's a big dance event in the uk. not 'indian sacred land' (like burning man) where they leave you alone. common sense alone dictates that OB can get plenty of o/time & fill their stats at any dance event, if they wanted to .

Yeah suppose ur right like, just felt sorry for a couple that i met there last year who had there tent raided and they didnt even have anythin, the bizwipes litraly threw out everythin out of there tent and left em to clean it all up wen they left. the couple wernt happy to say the least! but then who would be!

[Billie Jean]

Can't say I noticed huge amounts of police last year, maybe I was too wasted?

I don't mind police at festivals, unless you're doing something obvious or being a knob they're pretty much fine, and usually friendly. It's the aggressive heavy handed security guards that scare me (not that they are all like that). In fact, I feel more comfortable knowing police are there to watch the security as well as us.

Still sucks to have your tent raided and trashed though.

[Disco_Fudge]

I scored off a couple of 'security' staff last year. They really weren't f**ked at all from what I saw and a fair few were quite wasted. I spent the best part of an afternoon getting wrecked with one of them too. Police just seemed to be there to get dealers and thiefs