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Yeah, be very careful as you are waiting on or by Bushy Branch Rd. I was walking down that road that Wed night when someone shouted some profanity...the next thing I know I had a cop car right behind me with two cops chopping at the bit to arrest someone.
They had asked me why I was screaming profanities and asked to see my ID and asked where I was stauyng and what not. Thank god right after they had started to intergate me that they got a call on the walkie saying they have the guy and they just got in the car and left. Like others have said, be on best behavior as you are going in and be respectful when you are in the camp grounds.
no cussing? haha, fuck that....just kidding. but seriously... how can they tell you not to cuss. Profanity period or was it directed toward them? you kinda have to provoke them...
To be exact, someone shouted "F*ck Jim Tolbin". He is the guy that I guess was in charge of certain Bonnaroo operations such as setting up the tents and stages and so on. There was this guy Kramer last year that tried to get work, but was not allowed due to not having any paperwork and had a falling out with Jim. So I believe it was something related to that which provoked the cops.
Annual Music and Camping Festival held in Manchester, TN
Alpha & Omega Mounted Security Patrol has assembled the largest private peace time cavalry ever organized for the Bonnaroo Music Festival annually from 2002 to 2006 (and is scheduled to return in June 2007). In its June 24, 2004 edition, Rolling Stone named the festival as one of the "50 moments that changed the history of Rock & Roll." The music and camping extravaganza draws more than 90,000 fans to a Woodstock-like setting. Mounted patrol officers act as goodwill ambassadors and assist in crowd management.
In the last two years, Kel Executive Services, a companion company to A&O, has provided the overall security coordination for the entire festival. With mounted security as a portion of the overall plan, Kel and A&O have made Bonnaroo one of the safest music events in the country.
Creating the largest horse patrol in the history of the company is no small task for the A&O staff. Logistics and planning start months in advance at meetings with Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment, organizers of Bonnaroo. All parties meet with state and local police as well as city officials. A comprehensive command and control center/camp with barn, picketing posts, and a semi-trailer of equipment is erected at the festival to bivouac horses.
Care of the animals requires more than 12,000 pounds of hay, 2,500 pounds of grain, and 6,400 gallons of water, all hauled to the 700-acre site. The state-of-the-art communications headquarters, reminiscent of a Wild West campsite, is equipped with a quartermaster to organize tack, a horseshoer, a veterinarian, and a truckload of equipment to keep the horses and riders comfortable and fit. From the site, mounted officers are ready to execute some 30-plus tactical activities designed to keep the peace at Bonnaroo. For instance, they are prepared to assist flight-for-life helicopters, direct vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or insert and extricate vehicles such as tour buses and limousines amid throngs of fans.
Rapport between fans and patrol officers is one of the most critical aspects of successful concert security. A&O mounted patrol riders take special care to set a standard of mutual respect. In addition to learning communication and public service skills, officers are trained in special maneuvers outlined in the Standard Operating Procedures manual written by Frank Keller, CEO of Alpha & Omega, after consulting World War I cavalry manuals housed under guard at the Library of Congress. These maneuvers and formations, recorded almost 100 years ago, still work successfully today to protect young people in the festival setting.
Riders at Bonnaroo come from more than 20 states and all walks of life. Several run horse ranches. Many are current and former law enforcement officers. All are experienced and enthusiastic riders.
Bonnaroo is known in concert entertainment circles as a very well-planned and expertly executed event. In its inaugural year, Bonnaroo was a huge success with only four recorded security incidents. The Manchester community invited organizers of the event back for 2003 and a similar record of safety was maintained. Subsequent festivals have carried the tradition of safety and concern for fan comfort.
I try and thank them when I can cause frankly these people kick ass. concerned about the right things to be concerned about with no bull shit in between unlike some organizations...
Post by bamadancer on May 25, 2007 17:11:31 GMT -5
I think the mounties are awesome. They work really hard in that heat to help us out. I did thank a few of them last year. Think about all the crap they have to deal with!
well, you ask me why i'm drunk all the time it levels my head and eases my mind i just walk along and stroll and sing i see better days and i do better things
Post by mikesworld420 on May 25, 2007 21:49:50 GMT -5
sascwatch said:
no cussing? haha, f**k that....just kidding. but seriously... how can they tell you not to cuss. Profanity period or was it directed toward them? you kinda have to provoke them...
They can charge you for public obscenity, Ive had friends get pulled over for cursing at another driver for cutting them off or whatever. in some states it can qualify as verbal assault, it gives them reason to f w/you.
HEADED TO BONNAROO!!!!
