Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Festival troubles lead Mount Healthy to re-evaluate security
BY LEW MOORES
The Cincinnati Enquirer
MOUNT HEALTHY — The police chief here is expected to confer today with Cincinnati Police Division officials about crowd control and how many police officers should patrol the city's Heritage Days festival in May.
Last year, the festival shut down early on a Saturday night when youths became unruly. Police Chief Al Schaefer said seven to 10 youths were charged with disorderly conduct.
“The kids were creating a human barrier,” said Tim McInerney, city safety-service director. “Police would disperse them and then all of a sudden they would close up again. Finally we just got tired of it and shut it down.”
City officials said the prob lem was not alcohol-related.
“This is a small community, and we're not accustomed to dealing with crowds of 6,000, 10,000 people,” Mr. McInerney said. “We know that. We live here.”
Chief Schaefer will meet today with at least three offi cers from the Cincinnati Police Division who have experience in planning large events in downtown Cincinnati.
“We're going to sit down and go over what we need to do,” said Chief Schaefer. “They might give us an idea of what we might need as far as the ratio of police officers to participants.”
Heritage Days will be held this year on May 12-14 at Mount Healthy City Park. The festival, sponsored by the Mount Healthy Business Association, features bands, dancing, rides and games.
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