RSSFew neighborhood complaints, issues with Outside Lands music festival
Just got the Police Blotter from last week and in it, Captain Richard Correia shared some stats and information about coverage of last weekend’s Outside Lands Music festival:
The cost of policing the event was borne by the promoter and our staffing levels were, when combined with more than two hundred private security personnel, sufficient to assure a safe event.
Calls to the Community Hot-line totaled just over a hundred for the abbreviated two day event, and about 50 concerned noise complaints.
Some of you may have seen video’s on line showing individuals jumping fences to enter the event without paying [see video below - SB]. Indeed there was some of this activity and some of video is rather dramatic. However, the event was contained inside to several perimeters and those successful in breaching the outer perimeter were stopped by guards at a heavily guarded inner fence line and ejected.
Department of Parking and Traffic, along with two tow trucks, were detailed to the Richmond District to handle calls of blocked driveways. This system worked well and it appears that we did not have any significant delays in responding driveway calls, which had been a problem in years past.
So all in all, pretty low rate of complaints for the festival. The department will give a more thorough report on Outside Lands at their next Police Community Forum meeting on September 21 (1pm, location TBD).
Did you experience any issues during Outside Lands? Let us know in the comments.
Sarah B.
2:53 pm | Posted under Events, Golden Gate Park, Live Music | 3 comments
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Noise was still too loud when I came home at 9;30 on Sat. I didn’t have the flyer, just emailed an address I found on Park & Rec site — had a response in 5 minutes. I was SHOCKED. Sound seemed fine on Sunday (I’m at 20th & Fulton) — not sure if they moved speakers, turned it down — or if atmospherics just changed (heavy fog enhances the sound). Never had any trouble with the attendees. Lindley/Speedway Meadows being DESTROYED by outrageous overusefor 7 months of the year. But Outside Lands seem to do a great job — and thanks to Capt Corriea and his team. Whatever they’re doing, it seems to work!
[...] seemed pleased with the reduction in days last year. The Richmond District Police Department reported fewer neighbor complaints about noise and parking issues. The biggest story from the festival were the frisky fence jumpers [...]
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