Who will be there?
A variety of staff will be involved in the policing of the event
over the Bank Holiday weekend. These will include:
- Police Officers
- Police Community Support Officers
- Members of the Special Constabulary
- Police staff
The officers will be from across the Cheshire policing area and
are an addition to those officers who are normally on duty so as
not to interfere with normal policing operations.
The policing operation starts on Friday 26th August and
will run until Monday 29th August 2011.
Officers have been assigned to various roles during the weekend.
Within the event officers will be carrying out a variety of tasks -
including regularly patrolling the campsite to provide reassurance
to campers and to deter thieves, deal with any incidents of crime
and disorder and support the security staff.
Externally, officers will be involved with traffic management
and policing in the local community that surrounds the site. The
local policing inspectors that cover the area will be working
throughout the weekend with a team of dedicated community officers
to deal with any issues that arise and to minimise any disruption
to local residents.
As well as the uniformed officers on the site and in the
surrounding areas there will also be dog handlers, specialist
investigators, search team officers and public order officers.
Where will we be based?
As well as our work in the local community we will also be based
on the site in Daresbury during the event.
There will be a police station set up on the site - this will be
in the event arena. The police station will be staffed by officers
and will be open to festival goers who will be urged to report any
incidents during the weekend.
Senior officers on the site will co-ordinate the policing of the
event in liaison with senior officers at the main police station in
Warrington.
What will we be doing?
Planning one of the force’s biggest events started months ago.
The team is made up of police officers and police staff from
different departments around the force bringing together experience
from a number of different areas. Some of the team was involved in
last year’s event, either in the planning or policing of
Creamfields 2010 - others bring fresh ideas to the table.
The team is working hard behind the scenes to ensure there are
robust plans in place to deal with crime and disorder, anti-social
behaviour, noise and traffic issues as well as managing public
safety and providing reassurance to festival goers and local
residents.
As part of this planning process the team is working in
partnership with the event organisers, security staff, other
emergency services, local authorities, drug and alcohol support
groups, local parish councils and residents.
There are many aspects of policing that has to be taken into
consideration for this event. These include:
- Community policing
- Traffic management
- Drug drive testing
- Drugs liaison officers
- Search officers
- Specialist dog handlers
- Arena patrol officers
- Campsite patrol officers
- Public order officers
- Detective Investigators
- On-site Police Station staff
Officers will also be assisting security staff on site. They
will be patrolling all parts of the site to offer reassurance to
ticketholders, to deter crime and disorder and to ensure everyone
has a chance to enjoy themselves. They will also be dealing with
any incidents and helping the event organisers in the event of a
major incident.