If You Want to be Treated Like the Police Act Like the Police

"Not personally had a bad experience with them but seen them act in ways only described as thugish, Sort it out specialised were supposed to be there to have a good time, not watch our backs for rowdy security guards!!"

"I agree"

"Agreed. Specialised security outside the main arena treat the punters in a totally unreasonable way."

"I support the petetion"

"At this years Reading Festival i unfortunately was on crutches and having been to the V2003 festival the weekend before and been received well and helped by security i was hoping for a similar attitude at Reading. On the first night i wanted to sit down s"

"can people who sign this please give there own stories of events involving the security teams, thanx!"

"i have to agree also the checking of wristbands on the gate was pathetic people were being stopped for minor things when people without wirstbands were being let in this was especilly visiable when on sunday they let anyone in and a lot of tents were robb"

"why are required?"

"spot on"

"crotchwallet"

"All people who have an encounter with a member of security staff should be entitled to a written record of the encounter, including any details of confiscated items, much in the same way that Police do. It would cut down on frivolous actions by the securi"

"They are just looking for a fight."

"One security guard we met quit beacuse of other guards talking of starting trouble on the last night."

"Well cheers guys, you almost caused a roit at the lightyear gig, broke up the hogan thing to make things even better. Good going, especially after what happened at leeds the year before you thought, some sense would be used."

"just do your job and let us have our fun"

"the made the situations worse for themselves by pushing people around for no reason... twats"

"theres no need for them to be so out of order and create the trouble"

"Don't abuse your authority or we'll abuse you"

"Fascism should have died with Mussolini"

"Crowd Control are fine. Campsite security are meatheaded morons"

"If You Want to be Treated Like the Police Act Like the Police...simple really"

"The security outside the arena are always the downpoint of the whole festival. I had many items confiscated such as my tent poles for "inciting riots" where all we were doing was playing limbo. Myself and a number of my friends were also verbally abused b"

"at reading 2002 they 'reposessed' my guitar fr apparently inciting a riot, and this year i got punched in the back while i was in a conga line, absolutely disgraceful and we've had to put up with these inbred, power-obsessed thugs for the last 2 year, i d"

"Yes there is a need for security, but it should be a presence which should only react to a disturbance if there IS a disturbance, the way security handled trouble was just to create more trouble and anger towards the very people that are trying to protect"