CHESHIRE Police are promising a close working relationship with organisers of the Creamfields festival to minimise the impact on local residents.
Inspector Sarah Edgar, from the Warrington South Neighbourhood Policing Unit, is working with parish councils and residents to tackle any specific concerns or issues people may have.
She said:
“During the two-day festival it will be ‘business as usual’ within Warrington South NPU – so the dedicated team of community officers is above and beyond the normal service that residents would receive.”
Extra officers will be drafted in for the bank holiday weekend festival to work shifts, which will allow neighbourhood officers to continue with their normal duties.
Inspector Edgar said: “Our main priorities are to ensure the safety of festival goers and to minimise disruption for residents during the event, which this year runs over two days with camping facilities on site.
Planning for the policing of the festival started at the beginning of the year and a community consultation group has since been set up to work with Inspector Edgar.
She added: “We have been listening to the concerns of residents and will do all we can to minimise the impact of the event on the local community.
“We have fed back any questions or queries that have been raised to the Creamfields police planning team and they have been responding to those queries.
“As with any large scale event we anticipate some level of disruption for residents – particularly on roads in the local area. But we want to reassure residents that we will be doing all we can to minimise any disruption.”
