Danile Noel, the Scott Boudin Festival President, said they’ve made plans to increase security since last year’s festival. Noel said enhanced security is the next step as their festival has grown rapidly over the last 12 years.
“Large gatherings of people have just heightened everyone’s awareness nowadays,” Noel said. “That just become a norm, and we just want to be ahead of the curve and make sure that we provide the safest environment we can for the people that come to visit our festival.”
Among the new security features are adding metal detectors to both entrances and enforcing a clear bag policy.
“Whatever you’re carrying needs to be clear,” Noel said. “Obviously, if you have a diaper bag, you can still bring it but just understand that it will be subject to search.”
Another change will be that anyone under the age of 16 entering alone will be turned away. They have to be supervised by someone 21 years old or over to enter.
“That’s just something that seems to have become the norm, you know, theaters, malls, those type of situations,” Noel said. “So we figure that, in crowds of this size, that’s something else that we needed to look at, to make sure that children were supervised.”
There will also be security cameras and drones surveying the crowd. Scott Police will be patrolling the festival grounds, bringing in nearby local law enforcement agencies to patrol outside the festival grounds.
“Our police department works really, really great with us,” Noel said. “And they do an excellent job at providing the security on the ground.”
The festival grounds are closing a little earlier this year, closing at 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and then at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
“We just want to continue the legacy that we have of being a family friendly and safe festival without any incidents,” Noel said. “Just come out and enjoy! That’s our main goal, to make sure everyone stays safe.”
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