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.
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!
8/12/2012
For three days in a row the level of noise has been unbearable! Multiple times I called the Outside Lands community hotline 415-422-0964, and nothing was done. The noise seems to be getting worse not better. When I asked the girl on the other end of the hotline to whom they escalate these complaints, she told me – to the promoters of the show! Very clever – a bogus hotline designed to absorb the rage of the neighborhood residents. The promoter is Another Planet Entertainment (Greg Perloff; 1815 4th street, suite C, Berkley ca 94710; ); How these issues can be addressed? Who do I contact?