Police use metal detectors on licenced premises

[Kintyre Forum News]

Officers in Campbeltown were out and about at the weekend making sure licensed premises were safe for revellers.

With the use of metal detectors to detect anyone carrying weapons, officers stopped and searched around 24 people and all were clear.

[gizmo]

Is this becoming neccessary or is this just the police having a play with a new toy? Has there been anyone caught carrying weapons locally? How would they decide who to check and who not to?

[howlsatthemoon]

When was the last time anyone was stabbed in a pub in Campbeltown? As you say gizmo they would have been like kids with a new toy, probably selecting certain people hoping they would get a reaction. Wonder what would have happened if you refused to go through the detector.

[Jock Strap]

Perhaps fair enough to show a presence but to then make it to the Strathclyde Police news you have to wonder what kind of message this sends out to people who may be contemplating visiting Campbeltown??

[Crowth]

what kind of message this sends out to people who may be contemplating visiting Campbeltown??

My thoughts exactly, Strap. Has Campbeltown become such a rough place that you have to be searched before you can get a pint? What next? Sniffer dogs? Fingerprinting?

[LANDROVER ROGER]

I was stopped on the door of a pub in Campbeltown.The doorman asked if I had a knife.When I said no he said "You had better have this one then pal".

[howlsatthemoon]

what kind of message this sends out to people who may be contemplating visiting Campbeltown??

My thoughts exactly, Strap. Has Campbeltown become such a rough place that you have to be searched before you can get a pint? What next? Sniffer dogs? Fingerprinting?

I seem to remember, a few years ago, a few pubs got searched with sniffer dogs.

[Jock Strap]

what kind of message this sends out to people who may be contemplating visiting Campbeltown??

My thoughts exactly, Strap. Has Campbeltown become such a rough place that you have to be searched before you can get a pint?

No, not to my knowledge. Very rarely you hear of bother and certainly not to this level.

[gizmo]

Jesus, bit touchy there. Not that thin skinned surely. Google joke or humour.