Police are urging event goers to enjoy themselves at this weekend\u2019s music festivals in Newcastle but warned they won\u2019t tolerate behaviour that risks the safety of others.
\nThe \u201cThis That\u201d Music Festival will be held at Wickham Park, Newcastle from 1.30pm on Saturday 3 November 2018 and the \u201cScene and Heard\u201d festival will be held the following day (Sunday 4 November 2018) from 12:30pm at the same location.
\nOrganisers are expecting up to 20,000 people to attend the festivals over the weekend.
\nA large police operation will be conducted involving officers from Newcastle City Police District, with the assistance from drug-detection dogs.
\n\u201cThousands of people will make the journey to be involved in the two festivals and while the vast majority of people are well-behaved, police will act swiftly if you choose to do the wrong thing,\u201d Superintendent Brett Greentree said.
\n\u201cWe want people to enjoy the two festivals in Newcastle this weekend, but not at the expense of other people\u2019s safety, so make sure you behave responsibly and think before you drink.\u201d
\n\u201cPolice will not tolerate any form of anti-social or criminal behaviour and will be targeting any illegal activity as well as alcohol-related crime.\u201d
\nAdditional Traffic and Highway Patrol officers will be deployed to ensure music fans and other motorists make it to and from their destinations safely.
\n\u201cCommunity safety is our number-one priority, and we urge festival-goers to take care of themselves and their belongings while visiting Newcastle for the festivals,\u201d Supt Greentree said.
\n\u201cPoor choices can have serious consequences and we urge all people attending these festivals to remain safe, look after your friends, and don\u2019t risk your health or your good reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police are urging event goers to enjoy themselves at this weekend\u2019s music festivals in Newcastle but warned they won\u2019t tolerate behaviour that risks the safety of others. The \u201cThis That\u201d Music Festival will be held at Wickham Park, Newcastle from 1.30pm on Saturday 3 November 2018 and the \u201cScene and Heard\u201d festival will be held … Continue reading “Safety the number one priority at weekend's music festivals – Newcastle”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}