NCJ Number
171044
Date Published
1998
Length
38 pages
Annotation
This report considers the links between dance venue door supervision and drug dealing.
Abstract
Dance venues, whether large warehouses, night-clubs, pubs or bars, are potentially highly profitable sites of drug dealing. The most common drugs involved are cannabis, ecstasy, amphetamines and LSD. Door supervision at dance events takes several forms: personal, individual staff; supervisor teams; and registered companies involved in non-entertainment security provision. The minority of door staff involved in drug dealing operate in various ways: turning a blind eye to dealing activity, receiving payment in return for permitting dealing on the premises, or acting as dealers themselves. This report examines the drug-dealing strategy employed by a security company in Liverpool and the activities of door staff working as individuals and in teams in Newcastle. The report also presents a good practice case study, which illustrates measures for use by police, local authorities and club owners and managers to overcome those drug dealing strategies. Notes, tables, figure, references, appendixes