Illegal Raves

Dear Watch Member,
Officers are appealing to countryside dwellers to help them keep raves out of the county this weekend.
With the bank holiday approaching, now is the time for organisers of unlicensed music events to set about searching for venues in rural areas.
Police are determined to maintain their robust approach to raves – but would welcome any support from rural communities.
Anyone who notices any suspicious activity around farmland or large open spaces to report it.
How YOU can help:-

• landowners should check vulnerable locations and make sure proper security arrangements are in place
• check on previous known location for raves to ensure that lightning isn’t looking to strike twice
• be extra vigilant and report any suspicious activity in your community – is someone sizing up a location, has someone been testing out security measures such as fences or gates for access points, is a vehicle you do not recognise repeatedly driving around a certain area?

Tell-tale signs of a possible rave being organised:-

• posters or messages advertising an event
• locks and chains on fields cut or tampered with
• large convoys of cars on quiet rural roads
• sound equipment and tents being set up
• power generators being hired and brought into rural locations
• flattened or disturbed hedgerows

Any organised event at a rural locations, requires an appropriate license for entertainment and for any alcohol sales as well.
Also landowners permission!

Kind Regards,
SOUTHAM FARM WATCH
Southam Police Station
High Street
Southam
Tel : 01926 415000
Email : southamfarmwatch@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk