Security at entrances

[CCCheese]

Up until a few years ago it was illegal for women to vote.

Edited June 9, 2009 by CCCheese

[Prest02000]

Yeah, because the police would otherwise have NO IDEA where people hide drugs would they? Twit.

Honestly, there's no panic. The police don't search at the festival gates as a rule, the general searching is done by festival/security staff as you enter. (Obviously Castle Cary, motorway service stations are frequented by police, and they may search a random amount of folk) The searches done on the gate aren't particularly hard core, and if you're sensible about it (reasonably well hidden, spread about) there's no reason to worry.

Even if you are caught with something, for the amounts needed for personal use (i wouldn't advise carrying more than enough for yourself) the usual response is that it's taken away and you're asked if you have anymore on you - with a warning that if you say no, and more is found, then you may well be passed on to the police for them to deal with, otherwise, you're allowed on into the festival.

It's much the same inside - obviously taking drugs in front of a copper or a member of the festival security usually ends up in confiscation and a warning to behave.

[Josie's Cat]

Well, the Swiss didn't give women the right to vote until 1971, so that is a few years.

Ok, then, maybe a few years was an exaggeration!

Up until very recently blacks had no rights at all in South Africa, and that was legal, so by Redman's logic, that's ok.

I just hate the "I'm gonna do what they tell me" mentality,with no room for individual thought.

[Aphex's twin]

Anyone know where I can get Yellow Bentines in the festival?

Edited June 9, 2009 by Aphex's twin

[PabloCoke]

Anyone know where I can get Yellow Bentines in the festival?

[popcornmaster]

That's not an anwser "it's still illegal"

I dont see the point in me repeating what Josie's cat has already as they pretty much epitomised it.

but i do feel you should read a few more books and possibly a different newspaper.

As for, you didn't create the laws on murder, there are various things which back the view of murder being illegal or wrong.

- Religious law from God if you are that way inclined

- or more reasonably religious law which essentially derives from human instinct to progress and evolve thus they wrote it down as so, which was catergorised by the evolutionary theorists who pretty much prove it is counter-productive to get rid of someone from your own species, if your species is to survive.

Very base reasons but christ there are tons of other ways to justify the illegality of Murder but there are very few if any to justify the illegality of certain substances.

I don't understand how you can have such a passive attitude to the matter nothing would ever change if everyone was like this, it is quite shameful really, and acts to belittle people like the Suffragettes, the white rose movement, Martin Luther King....Damn them evil law breakers

I had a big thing about how i didn't agree with even the small amount of say we have towards our laws, but i was rambling and getting angry over the government so i scrapped it but ye i don't feel we have a say aside from the vote, but there isn't a valid choice any more it's all blurred into one right mess

Edited June 9, 2009 by popcornmaster

[carrasfe]

I tend to find that if you up to the security and say "I am carrying loads of drugs please feel free to search my bags to find them" they tend to just tell you to piss off.......

[Glastonbury_2011]

You could try bringing no drugs to the festival and you'll be fine if they do decide to search you.

[Aphex's twin]

You could try bringing no drugs to the festival and you'll be fine if they do decide to search you.

[travelling mr pastry]

You could try bringing no drugs to the festival and you'll be fine if they do decide to search you.

[eddie explosion]

To all the people writing things on this thread like 'You could try bringing no drugs to the festival and you'll be fine if they do decide to search you'

Why are you even commenting on this thread?

I'm not gonna be taking anything in to the festival but if someone else wants to get shit faced on drugs all weekend why do I give a f**k!

It's called personal choice...

[gatsey]

What are security like about laughing gas? it is legal to posses but illegal to sell for inhalation i believe.

[CCCheese]

What are security like about laughing gas? it is legal to posses but illegal to sell for inhalation i believe.

[ChloeB]

Haaaaa Haaaa!! This thread is hilarious! Lets get hammered!

[lofichic]

It's legal to possess for culinary purposes, so if you can convince them you're going to knock up some whipped cream for the trifle you plan to make on the Sunday morning, good on you!

nb: Tho I'd imagine they would just go "ooo, gas cannister, not allowed".

[Joe Fox]

Where do the security stand on legal highs and the like bought from shops like Dr Hermans?

You'd be able to buy them on site any way so are they ok to take in?

[Cosmicscouser]

I hope there are sniffer dogs on every gate. It should keep the drugs out. Being at a festival is not good reason to break the law.

[oursus]

...if you have been taken into custody.

glastonbury gates do not = custody!

[oursus]

That's not an anwser "it's still illegal"

I dont see the point in me repeating what Josie's cat has already as they pretty much epitomised it.

but i do feel you should read a few more books and possibly a different newspaper.

As for, you didn't create the laws on murder, there are various things which back the view of murder being illegal or wrong.

- Religious law from God if you are that way inclined

- or more reasonably religious law which essentially derives from human instinct to progress and evolve thus they wrote it down as so, which was catergorised by the evolutionary theorists who pretty much prove it is counter-productive to get rid of someone from your own species, if your species is to survive.

Very base reasons but christ there are tons of other ways to justify the illegality of Murder but there are very few if any to justify the illegality of certain substances.

I don't understand how you can have such a passive attitude to the matter nothing would ever change if everyone was like this, it is quite shameful really, and acts to belittle people like the Suffragettes, the white rose movement, Martin Luther King....Damn them evil law breakers

I had a big thing about how i didn't agree with even the small amount of say we have towards our laws, but i was rambling and getting angry over the government so i scrapped it but ye i don't feel we have a say aside from the vote, but there isn't a valid choice any more it's all blurred into one right mess

[Goblinz]

ok well last time i studied criminal law under one of the codes in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act the police can perform a full strip search, to perform an "intimate" search as its known the police need a RMP (Registered Medical Practitioner) with them they can and will do it. if you are stopped for doing something illegal on the gate that the police feel neccessary then they will take you into custody. Dont think they won't cos they have the facilities to do so on site.

my previous comment was a joke but they can do so if they have reasonable suspicion

[andrew.mee]

I was searched last year going in to the festival.

Luckily I wasn't carrying anything on me, as they are fairly thorough. Had to go through all the pockets in my rucksack, as well as emptying the stuff out of my gumboots etc. to show all the spaces.

There was an awkward few minutes when they found my stash of zinc tablets in a plastic bag and didn't recognise the pharma company's logo that was stamped on them, but luckily my sleep-deprived mind had accidentally thrown the glass bottle with the rest of them in my bag too, so they could see that they were legit.

So as it turns out, you CAN bring glass bottles in if they're for pharmaceuticals (or could last year anyway).

One thing I noted though was that they started thorough and fairly quickly got bored — I guess they have to keep things turning over pretty quickly.

[Pimp Master Flex]

I was searched last year and to be fair the dude doing the searching wasn't winning employee of the month. All my gear stayed in my bad, he just pushed all my stuuf from one side to the other before telling me to enjoy the festival.

Also my tent bag and slleping bag remained unchecked.

[SamIrvs]

Totally correct

I have to search a lot of people in the course of my work and internal searches are illegal unless permission granted individually by courts and full strip searches unless in a police station and under stong suspicion really wont happen.

Edited June 23, 2009 by SamIrvs

[travelling mr pastry]

Not strictly true. I got my bag x-rayed and I was strip searched TWICE going in and out of Global Gathering. They didnt do a cavity search but I had to strip down to my boxers in a specially erected Police search tent.

Saying that I didnt see anything like that at all at Glasto last year

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

There won't be any sniffer dogs because sniffer dogs only work for a short time b4 there nose needs recharging so to speak, they need a fresh nose and with everything that's going on and all the smells .. their window to sniff things out is very narrow.