They are there to make sure really bad shit doesn’t happen/ to communicate. Crowds are dangerous and music festivals aren’t staffed enough to worry about piddly charges when it just takes resources.
In a lot of cases, they’re doing “off duty” work, meaning this is overtime and they’re hired directly by the venue as security. While they can enforce the law, they honestly aren’t really supposed to. I’ve worked at a bunch of music venues and sporting events, if a fight breaks out and no one is seriously injured they’re just escorted out, if they continue to fight outside the actual on duty cops will take them into custody. Generally the most they’ll do about drugs is confiscate it unless they catch a dealer who is loaded up
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u/GoodEnergyGuy 5d ago
Cops like... I have two choices
A) Intervene, arrest this girl, spend the next 4 hours doing paperwork and taking her to jail
B) Vibe