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[CCCheese]

Hello all

Thought some of you might be interested in the webchat the Police held last night:

http://www.avonandso...iew.aspx?id=112

[Spindles]

ah cool, someone posted about it here last night, but unfortunately only to post at 5 to 7 that it finished at 7.

[jono_01]

WHATS THE BEST WAY TO GET TO GATE B

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[posthuman]

I love the naivety of people asking questions like "Will you search my car for drugs?"

[paulbrock]

Spindles, on 09 June 2011 - 12:21 PM, said:

ah cool, someone posted about it here last night, but unfortunately only to post at 5 to 7 that it finished at 7.

oops.  meant to put it finished at 8 but was slow to re-edit it.  sorry!!  

[Spindles]

ahh..I saw it at a couple of minutes before 7, so gave up and wandered off to chat random guff with strangers.

[karlpowell]

why do people ask about drug checks are they stupid

Edited by karlpowell, 09 June 2011 - 04:12 PM.

[rischbrit]

I found it quite interesting to compare it to V. I am a Staffs Police Officer and always end up policing V each year and it was great to see A and S take on Glasto!!!

[scorp]

jono_01, on 09 June 2011 - 01:02 PM, said:

WHATS THE BEST WAY TO GET TO GATE B

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park the closest to it:

http://www.efestival...1/sitemap.shtml

to get to those car parks you'll need to get to the very minor road that goes to them. so, get on the A37 and head for Pyle. by that time, or b4, the car parking will be signposted. why not have a look at google maps or similar and look at the environs of Pyle...

[LondonTom]

karlpowell, on 09 June 2011 - 04:11 PM, said:

why do people ask about drug checks are they stupid

They think the police are going say nah brah its fine!!

[sifi]

CCCheese, on 09 June 2011 - 12:09 PM, said:

Hello all

Thought some of you might be interested in the webchat the Police held last night:

http://www.avonandso...iew.aspx?id=112

I think you've missed a great opportunity to post "Evening All" instead of "Hello all".  Boo!

[Mardy]

sifi, on 09 June 2011 - 07:03 PM, said:

I think you've missed a great opportunity to post "Evening All" instead of "Hello all".  Boo!

Yeah, I've got be honest, gutted it didn't start with 'ello ello ello'

[CCCheese]

karlpowell, on 09 June 2011 - 04:11 PM, said:

why do people ask about drug checks are they stupid

yes.

[Teddington]

Cheers CC.

A few "deadpan" answers there but nothing that wasn't expected!

Personally I think the festival is policed very very well.  Credit to the police on this one.

[geebus]

Unfortunately I was in the middle of a field (well, a race track) so couldn't participate.
Hoped to ask them about thefts from tents etc and what they were doing about it.  Including what they had planned to do about security (real or not) stealing from people.

[CCCheese]

geebus, on 10 June 2011 - 11:27 AM, said:

Unfortunately I was in the middle of a field (well, a race track) so couldn't participate.
Hoped to ask them about thefts from tents etc and what they were doing about it.  Including what they had planned to do about security (real or not) stealing from people.

Geebus, I can't really answer the questions as I've not seen the 2011 policing plan and it's always dynamic - plus, it would give the game away ;-) Things like the watchtowers that were put in last year do make a big difference though.

But what makes the biggest difference is intelligence... It's a big city on site and like the real world, you won't find a cop on every corner... So if you do see a scrote going through tents etc, then call it in - 999 is for crimes in progress and works exactly the same at Glastonbury as it does in the real world.

And if, sadly, you are a victim of crime at Glastonbury, call that in too - it's used to build up a picture and influences where resources (additional or routine) are deployed...

Hope that helps somewhat.

[FunkyDenz]

Is there a specific telephone number to phone if you have been the victim of a crime? I don't want to be phoning 999 when a crime isn't in progress / it isn't an emergency.

[jimmyk83]

Lifted from another thread c/o cccheese

0845 4567000

Shame its an 0845 number, but definitely better than clogging up the 999 system

[FunkyDenz]

Thanks

[Cooter]

Is that an onsite number?