SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AT FOOTBALL FACILITIES

The Police Service has a series of rules that govern its behavior towards football fans, with concern, tolerance, and suppressing violence being key overarching principles. A main priority during events should be to inform fans of which routes they should travel to guarantee safety, creating assuran...

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Published inHumanities and Social Sciences Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 87 - 95
Main Author PRENDECKI, Krzysztof
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Rzeszow University of Technology 01.12.2020
Subjects
fans
police
safety
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Summary:The Police Service has a series of rules that govern its behavior towards football fans, with concern, tolerance, and suppressing violence being key overarching principles. A main priority during events should be to inform fans of which routes they should travel to guarantee safety, creating assurance of tolerance from both police and members of the public. This article examines the “Law on the safety of Mass Events” which was brought into force with the support of numerous stakeholders. While the Act arguably introduced the correct regulations, the issue of aggression on match days has not been entirely eliminated.
ISSN:2300-5327
2300-9918
DOI:10.7862/rz.2020.hss.44