| Police costs are expensive and to avoid reducing the usual policing, the police will recover, from the organiser, the cost of officers sent to special events.
The police role will primarily be the maintenance of public order and prevention and detection of crime. The police will not be involved in the routine management of the event. The police will not be responsible for closing roads or stewarding. This is clearly a responsibility for the organiser, although major junctions may be an exception in the interests of casualty reduction.
The police will plan and co-ordinate the response to any emergency situation impacting upon public safety and/or public order. The Police Commander will then use any event resources to assist the police to solve the problem.
The police will write contingency plans and write a policing health and safety assessment.
At large events, the police may compile a statement of intent to identify the division of responsibilities between the police and the organiser and the command procedures necessary in the event of any emergency.
Organisers of large or commercial events should set aside funds for police resources. |