on site cctv

[fullalove]

again cctv will be used onsite during the festival.do you think this is a good thing?

personally i would say the festival does not need it.

[eFestivals]

it's a licence condition, so that site management is able to see any problems and act on them before they get to be a major problem.

[fullalove]

it's a licence condition, so that site management is able to see any problems and act on them before they get to be a major problem.

[eFestivals]

i thought it might be a condition,

does the management of the cctv give the locations of the cameras?

and who list is veiwing them?

i think I'm right in saying that t6he cctv towers used to be shown on the site map - I've not looked at this year's to see if they're still shown.

They're viewed by 'gold command' I believe - which I think is the likes of Melvin Benn and his site management team, along with the police, fire, etc.

[Paul ™]

They're viewed by 'gold command' I believe - which I think is the likes of Melvin Benn and his site management team, along with the police, fire, etc.

[halvin]

Yup correct, along with security, medical, council etc

[morelego]

cctv is rubbish! You're told you're caught on it a certain amount of times a day, but when you really need it, you're not there!!

I got into a bit of trouble on a night out and it wasn't caught on tape!! I was so annoyed. I don't know anyone who has been helped out by cctv.

I suppose it makes people feel safer, but it's too late anyway if anything did happen.

[laid back in the sun]

how many tent thieves were caught last year because of cctv?

[Alcatraz]

how many tent thieves were caught last year because of cctv?

Edited May 29, 2009 by Alcatraz

[tinpottery]

We're the stars of CCTV.

[fur_q]

AFAIK CCTV isn't really used to look for crime it's there more to keep an eye on crowd movements/build ups around the site

[morelego]

AFAIK CCTV isn't really used to look for crime it's there more to keep an eye on crowd movements/build ups around the site

[laid back in the sun]

AFAIK CCTV isn't really used to look for crime it's there more to keep an eye on crowd movements/build ups around the site

[eFestivals]

AFAIK CCTV isn't really used to look for crime it's there more to keep an eye on crowd movements/build ups around the site

yep, that's right - it's there for general crowd safety more than any other purpose.

[laid back in the sun]

is there realistically anything that can be done if a crowd builds up in an area tho?? e.g. after winehouse and before jay z at the pyramid where the crush was pretty bad

[sifi]

...and the counsellor's wives, all their friends, their friends' servants, their friends' servants tennis partners, and some man I bumped into in the Mandela Bar last year named 'Bernard'.

[eFestivals]

the police are using it in conjunction with their plain clothes officers to stop a certain type of crime on site

it might get used in that way, but that's not its primary purpose.

[eFestivals]

is there realistically anything that can be done if a crowd builds up in an area tho?? e.g. after winehouse and before jay z at the pyramid where the crush was pretty bad

yep - in circumstances where necessary, they can have stewards in place re-directing or stopping people within a few seconds.

[fur_q]

is there realistically anything that can be done if a crowd builds up in an area tho?? e.g. after winehouse and before jay z at the pyramid where the crush was pretty bad

[Sushi]

Any CCTV operators will have to hold a valid PSS license which is only attained after a lot of vetting and a four day training course.

The site CCTV is used in a positive way, examples of which have already been mentioned.

CCTV is a tool that the control room can use to gauge crowd movements and react as required (delaying the start of a set or deploying further resources to a busy area etc).

Most CCTV cameras will be used to monitor the fenceline to try and spot anyone trying to get over the fence. Most of people caught last year spotted in the no-mans land between the two fences. If stopping people getting in saves the festival, then I have no objections.

People dislike CCTV for various reasons, but the best example I have was when the team I was in (in a large shopping and leisure centre) detained a known pickpocket who was recorded on CCTV stealing a woman's purse. When I returned the purse to the woman, she stated that she had never been a fan of the cameras but now understood why they are a very useful tool in reducing crime and disorder.

[Paul ™]

Pyramid and Other stage also have cameras watching the pit barrier for security/safety reasons

[sinned666]

Did i see something last year or the year before on here that said CCTV had been spotted up the stone circle?

Was there not a raid of sorts last year up the stone circle aswell?

I could of imagined this, so don't shoot me down.

[Mr Ploppy]

Do they still show the Sooty Show on it?

Oh, sorry, I am thinking of CITV

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

They have a new facial recognition programme implemented into them, everyone who visits stone circle will automatically have their face captured which will then be rapidly crosschecked against the national database.

If your face is matched to one with a criminal record for selling drugs, you will then be monitored disgreetly while at the stones ... should you arouse suspicion, a plain clothed police officer will stealthly shadow your every movement.

[oyyouno]

if you're interested in the crowd management aspect of using cctv, the glasto site has loads of info in the education bit:

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/_ass...rowdControl.pdf

interesting stuff!!!!!