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What is Community Safety Accreditation?
Community safety accreditation schemes (CSAS) enable the chief constable of a police force in the United Kingdom (except Scotland ) to grant a limited range of police powers to employees of non-police organisations bolstering community safety. Community safety...
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Caught off guard and "numb" from the impact of a critical incident, people are often ill-equipped to handle the chaos of such a catastrophic event such as Manchester Arena bombing. This is equally true for those tasked with...
Psychology of Crowd Safety – Safety, Security and Service
26 MARCH, 2018 Safety Crowds Event Management Those who work with crowds depend upon knowledge of crowd psychology in order to enhance positive crowd experiences, maintain safety and security, and to manage risks. During my studies in crowd science and safety...
Psychology of Crowds
12 JAN, 2018 Safety Crowds Event Management So if you are reading this you have probably worked at events or have had some management responsibility for crowd safety at events and have worked at a number of these. As part of your knowledge of and management of crowds,...
Crowded Spaces – Safeguarding our Stadiums, Arenas and Green Field venues
Protecting crowded spaces? 11 DEC, 2017 Crowds Safety Event Mangement As a Crowd Safety Consultant I am constantly reviewing and assessing the current threats, challenges, and vulnerabilities that continue for events and clients with duty of care...
Clear Bag Policy at Events
03 MAY, 2017 Safety Event Mangement Most American Sports Stadiums have had a clear bag policy in place since 2013. I recently looked at The NFL Stadium Clear Bag policy which strictly limits the size and types of bags that are permitted to...
Survival tips for Moshing
30 DEC, 2016 Safety Event Mangement Crowd Management Well today's the day. You're excited to be here! You’ve worked your way to the front of the crowd, the band you've been waiting for starts playing their banging tunes but suddenly, you’re caught in the eye of the...
Findings and Recommendations by the Coronial Inquest into the Death of Jessica Michalik
Executive Summary adapted by Steve Laws After 21 months, and 25 days of witness and expert testimonies, the Coroners Inquest into the death of 16 year old Jessica Michalik, at the 2001 Big Day Out (BDO), was finalised on Friday, 8th November 2002, when Senior Deputy...
Staying safe this Christmas and New Year’s Eve
Staying Safe This Christmas and New Year's Eve 17 DEC, 2017 Safety Security Event Mangement Christmas Holidays and New Year’s Eve is once again upon us, a night to reflect back on the last 365 days and celebrate the coming year. As the...
Vivid Inquest news
Vivid Inquest News 29 DEC, 2016 Safety Management Risk Assessments Events "An inquest into the death of an Irish tourist at Sydney's 2014 Vivid Festival has heard there was no emergency plan and staff had never practised for such an incident. Brendan Hickey,...
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