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August 18, 2005 at 9:05 pm #1036698
The most shocking part of this is that Lifeboats are themselves an emergency service (although funded by volunteers in a similar fashion to the Air Ambulance services)
They of course work closely with HM Coastguard as well as the Police themselves!
Cops are working by Home Office guidelines which state “good practice” includes “full cost recovery of policiing costs for non-essential events which provide a commercial gain to a non-taxpayer funded organisation”
but it doesn’t give much hope for any other events, it looks like in todays Britain a climate is increasingly being created where anything which does not pay its way in the free market is no longer accepted..
Anger over raft race police bill Organisers of a charity raft race have said they are ‘deeply disappointed’ at having to pay for policing the event. The annual Mumbles race will go ahead on Sunday although South Wales Police is charging £4,000 for its services.
The event, which raised £15,000 last year, is run by Mumbles lifeboat crew, which hoped the fee would be waived.
Police said it had to charge for attending private events in line with national guidelines, but was trying to keep the costs to a minimum.
It is the latest event across Wales to incur police charges after the Association of Chief Police Officers updated its policy in April.
Every penny counts towards saving lives
John HowellThe Reggae Wales Festival in Pembrokeshire was cancelled last month after organisers said they had been asked for £16,500 by Dyfed-Powys Police.
Lifeboat crew secretary Gary Tanner said the raft race could lose money if the weather was bad on Sunday and spectators kept away.
“We are deeply disappointed,” he said.
“We just hope the public turn out in greater numbers than ever so we can make up for this loss in funding.”
Good cause
Money raised goes to the RNLI.
Race supporter John Howell said it was family event and there was never any trouble.
“The Mumbles lifeboats are run entirely on voluntary contributions through the RNLI charity and every penny counts towards saving lives,” he said.
A spokesman for South Wales Police said the actual cost of policing Sunday’s event was over £9,000, but it had reduced its bill because of the good cause.
“We have a duty to the residents of Swansea to ensure that our policing services are not adversely affected by officers being allocated duties at special events, some of which make a commercial gain,” added the force.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/wales/south_west/4159364.stmPublished: 2005/08/17 13:51:23 GMT
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August 19, 2005 at 8:33 pm #1066751Be interesting to know exactly what the ‘costs’ were – how many Police / what ‘resources’ are required….
August 19, 2005 at 10:49 pm #1066752Anonymous
seems strange that the police charge now, when do they start charging individuals? what about police loans?
BASS’s solstice parade was ridiculous, we had to do a parade down madera drive (a pointless seafront road that has been du[licated and is rarely used) on either side of the road, trying to keep carnival people on the pavement was just fucking stupid, but the council said we couldnt close the road without the police, and that we’d have to pay for it. despite us being a community and voluntary organisation. we’ve found the funds for next year, but why does it feel like with this shit and some speed cameras the police are extorting money out of people?
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