Party Vibe

The pigs will love reding this here, its their recent press release in surrey. they are right, worst of all. a couple of our mates rigs got nicked and we ran like bitches. check the history behind it at.

http://partyvibe.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1928

anyway, we are in brighton area now, better to partyu another day, we recon. Here’s the pigs version:

New tactics introduced by Surrey Police to stop raves before they start
have been a big success this summer.

In the spring the force announced a series of pre-emptive tactics designed
to prevent raves from being organized and to move on any illegal outdoor
parties at an early stage.

These included advanced warnings to the owners of vehicles spotted at
gatherings that were broken up last year warning them that if they are
planning to organize or attend an illegal party this year they face arrest
and prosecution; and letters to those suspected of being the organizers of
raves on previous occasions telling them Surrey Police would ask for
Anti-Social Behaviour Orders to be granted against them by the courts if
they are connected with any further activity.

Divisional Commander for East Surrey Chief Superintendent Rob Price said:
“Residents in East Surrey made it clear that they objected to the
disturbance caused by raves and wanted us to take strong action. We came up
with a robust strategy to stop these gatherings from happening and did a
lot of work with our partners in the community to make sure there were
clear lines of communication so that we could step in early if it looked
like an illegal party was being set up.

“I am delighted to say that the result of this is that the only two raves
that attempted to set up on East Surrey were closed down very quickly and
we have had no major problems. I hope this will reassure local people that
Surrey Police is committed to hitting hardest the crimes that matter most
to the people who live here.We are determined to crack down on anti-social
behaviour in any form.”

Surrey Police identified dedicated resources and specially briefed officers
patrolled the county in 4×4 vehicles checking potential rave sites or
reports of suspected rave activity. Members of the public were asked to
report every incident that may lead them to suspect that a rave is being
planned or in progress so that all reports could be promptly and
efficiently investigated. Landowners were briefed on the preparations and
were being encouraged to make their land as inaccessible as possible for
these sort of activities.

The Borough Inspector for the Mole Valley Insp Colin Green said:
“In previous years the Mole Valley has had a particular problem with the
issue of raves. The only two attempts in East Surrey to set up an illegal
outdoor party were in the Mole Valley, and both were thwarted by police as
a result of information given by local people.

“The word seems to have spread that it is not worth the bother of trying to
have a rave in Surrey because we clamp down hard on any of that kind of
activity. We believe that we have displaced the phenomenon to other areas
which don’t have the same kind of tough policies that we do. My message to
them is not to come back, because we will be cracking down just as hard
next year.

and here is my response to the local rag (big up john williams who emailed me askin for my opinion)

We find it ludicrous that while the police and council are worried and confused that none of the local youth hang around surrey and generally stay in their uni town, the powers that be persist in shutting down any part of youth culture not linked with alcohol. Especially as the alcohol culture provides most of the actual disturbances and violent incidents in dorking, alienating the old from the young, and adding to the segregated community vibe of the area. The attitudes of the police has destroyed one of the main / only artistic / creative / social forums in the area which had a cohesively positive effect on the youth culture. Unfortunately your paper was partly responsible (along with the Muppet who torched that house in Coldharbour) for the police’s escalated intolerance of our events, by laying the gauntlet down back in 2002.

One of the prime indicators of the police’s counterproductive policies is the anti graffiti campaign. Am I the only one who saw very little vandalism and graffiti before the police provoked the local youth into rebelling against their new rules? I doubt it. Mr Frieze (try and catch me) and his crew have been activated by the police, along with other graffiti writers in the area, by bringing the art form to the forefront of public consciousness.

The current government has made numerous speeches on the subject of the “great untapped resource” that is our creative youth, yet in one of the richest areas in the country, where the youth have access to artistic materials and technologies, this very precious section of society is oppressed and discouraged. We understand the arguments against our parties in terms of health and safety, policing etc, but surely it would be more productive to funnel some of our councils abundant funding into encouraging these creative elements of the community to integrate to mainstream society instead of criminalising them? I was never optimistic about our chances of survival in our area, but some more naïve people have been shocked by the police’s actions and have been turned against the police and lost faith in the criminal justice system.
If the police would like dorking to stay as it is, in a perpetual state of stagnation, then we salute them for their sterling work. If, on the other hand, the police are trying t make Dorking a safer place, then alienating the youth community, one area at a time, and turning reasonable people into frustrated, antiestablishment, threats to society does not seem like the most effective route to take.

Dorking could be a hive of artistic expression at the forefront of the countries creative scene, populated in part by young people happy and proud to be its residents, proud to enhance the visual state of the town. This will never happen until the council and police start viewing the youth as a valuable asset and not a dangerous threat to their way of life. We are waiting to be activated and integrated, what is there to lose?