This is the headline from the Ross-shire journal reporting that Scottish music
festivals in the Highlands have helped the Northern Constabulary save £2
million in the last year. Policing huge outdoor events like this weekend’s RockNess
event near Inverness has helped keep the force in the black and save £2 million
out a revenue budget of £51.5m for 2011/12 which was underspent. The paper says "Scores of
officers are needed to police the thousands of revellers who attend several
large music festivals and one-off concerts which are annually held in the
region including the three-day RockNess event, Tartan Heart at Belladrum near Beauly
and Loopallu in Ullapool" and they are, of course, charged for. Andy Cowie, the force’s deputy chief constable,
did not know how much cash had been raised from the policing of festivals but
said "The public purse should not be subsiding private enterprise".
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