Policing

[ErnestWorthing]

Plus half the mumies boys on here would shit a brick at the thought of not having a big strong policeman to look after them

[russycarps]

But plenty have been bullied and intimidated, I don't think there not having been a fatality is any kind of proof that things weren't as bad as others are claiming.

[russycarps]

Giving it large on the internet, aren't you a big brave solider.

[mrtourette]

such good points! I am doing my end of year case study on policing and security for festivals! very interesting to hear everyones points of views. I have had a few incidents where I have seen security at the end of glasto going through peoples tents taking stuff I guess some u can trust some u cant like anyone!!!

[russycarps]

such good points! I am doing my end of year case study on policing and security for festivals! very interesting to hear everyones points of views. I have had a few incidents where I have seen security at the end of glasto going through peoples tents taking stuff I guess some u can trust some u cant like anyone!!!

[mrtourette]

really? Do you know of anyone that has been bullied by another punter? Because I dont.

The only bullying I've witnessed is by the coppers to the punters.

Edited May 2, 2013 by mrtourette

[beth_h123]

so you ARE a student looking for people to do your degree for you.

Quick, everyone delete all their posts!!

[russycarps]

Well that depends on your definition of bullying, maybe harrassed would have been a better word. And yes I have seen groups of punters harrassing and intimidating others, and I have seen weapons wielded and robberies. And this was in the late-nineties, I wasn't around in the eighties or early-ninties but I'm quite prepared to believe glaso-worker's version of events.

[beth_h123]

spent a lot of time researching this and have got a lot of info about stuff off the web nice to find out actuals peoples thoughts and views on it!

[Dead throne]

*grabs popcorn*

[stewart.young]

i cant say i have ever seen a police officer ... not that i would remember

[Paul_w]

Personally i've never had a problem, and i have never seen them in large numbers inside the fence. I walk past the odd one, same as i would anywhere else.

I think they are a necessary evil, and find them generally placid, only seen them acctually approach someone if they're really making a scene.

Of course theres going to be the odd few that are tossers, but my general experience is i dont really notice them.

[SeaOx]

Somebody just posted this on FB funnily enough...

http://info.fmotl.com/PoliceList.pdf

[cokebabies92]

Does anyone have any crime stats from recent Glastonbury festivals?

[abdoujaparov]

That tallies entirely with what other veterans have told me.

Drug dealers tooled up with baseball bats and even machetes. Some areas of the festival effectively became no-go at night.

The self-policing utopia collapsed decades ago.

[russycarps]

Never saw any of that. Never felt unsafe or threatened....

[knivesout]

so you ARE a student looking for people to do your degree for you.

Quick, everyone delete all their posts!!

[abdoujaparov]

Jheeze why do you have to act like such a bitter old c**t

[knivesout]

yeah maybe it would help if it was funny

[TheGreenDropsRule]

Fair play, for such an emotive topic, this has remained a really interesting and balanced discussion! I reckon russy must have been using all his powers of restraint!

[Dead throne]

yeah maybe it would help if it was funny

[James Bolivar]

Absolutely. I think a lot of people on here need to either grow up or wake up.

If you think the police are heavy handed in the UK then you are smoking something!

Fact: We need some kind of police force (unless you wish to see a return to lynch mobs and unpunished crime - murder included)

I'm sure there are a few "bad apples" in the police force, as there are everywhere, but overall the police in the UK are a massively beneficial presence.

I have heard nothing but positives about them at Glasto, both from my observations and from personally talking to people.

[TheGreenDropsRule]

Answer me some questions, I've had debates on here with you before and your good at dodging answering them!

1. where they there legally?

2. did they have warning?

3. where do you get your information from?

Anyway I was alluding to the fact the police, unlike in the past, will not attack unprovoked...and they don't. As to the injuries that is off the top of my head, where they the students out front or the actual victims? And the police are bloody soft, if that had been in Germany a tank would have been outside with the water canon up top and tear gas would have went in without warning. Next up would be the rubber bullets!

[frostypaw]

I've seen an undercover cop go through the crowds talking to groups at our camping field only to watch him blatantly walk off to talk to uniformed officers at the bottom of the hill where we camp. Next thing these group knew was uniformed officers steaming in and busting them. This happened over and over again as other groups in the field were oblivious to this bloke walking around asking questions, sniffing for weed etc. Unfortunately I was unable to assist these groups as they were too far away from me. So, just remember this when you are at the festival. If an stranger comes asking if he / she can buy a little smoke from you, then you are probably safer saying you don't smoke weed etc.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

It's been shown over the past years, the police in this country simply don't know how to control public events. To say its got any better is laughable, when there's corruption which is occurring right now.