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Theft down at Rock Ness
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 29 June 2009
The Association Of Independent Festivals have announced that the first deployment of their previously reported ‘security task force’ was something of a success. The AIF team were involved in security at the recent Rock Ness festival, where theft fell 95%. Apparently there were only five reported thefts at this year’s Inverness music fest, compared to 95 last year.
As previously reported, AIF have teamed up with security firm Showsec to ensure some coordination between independent festivals on security issues – especially in matters of theft. It’s believed there are gangs that hit all the festivals to target camp sites, and it’s hoped a coordinated approach between festivals will help target those teams. The AIF security task force work with each festival’s own security team and local police to plan onsite action, and it’s thought the pre-festival briefings and planning supported by the task force helped cut theft levels at Rock Ness.
Commenting on the pleasingly low theft levels at Rock Ness, AIF co-founder Ben Turner told CMU: “Though it would be wrong to claim complete responsibility for the dramatic decrease in crime it is a very positive step forward in the festival markets attempt to curb crime of this nature. AIF is very pleased with how the task force worked at the first AIF festival of the season and it fills us with great positivity going forward”.