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Police concern mosh pit warning forward of Obtain competition in Leicestershire this weekend

By Editorial Board Published June 13, 2025 3 Min Read
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Police concern mosh pit warning forward of Obtain competition in Leicestershire this weekend

Police are warning rock followers at this weekend’s Obtain competition in regards to the potential for unintentional calls whereas within the mosh pit.

Leicestershire Police issued an alert forward of the occasion at Donington Park, which begins on Friday.

Posting on Fb, the pressure mentioned, in earlier years, they obtained “a rise of nearly 700 extra 999 calls” attributable to energetic dancing at Obtain.

“The tech assumed that people in mosh pits had been in a collision, causing 999 contacts and abandoned 999 calls,” mentioned the publish.

Police have blamed mobiles and wearable devices that includes expertise which alerts emergency companies when it suspects there was an accident.

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Obtain at Donington Park in 2021. File pic: PA

The expertise can inadvertently activate when hardcore rock, heavy steel, or punk followers are concerned in aggressive kinds of dancing – typically known as “thrashing”, “slam dancing” or “pogoing”.

Sure iPhone and Apple Watch fashions function a “crash detection” function – turned on by default – which is designed to establish a extreme automobile crash and join folks to emergency companies.

Even when individuals are unaware that the function has been activated, the gadget will name the emergency companies mechanically after a 30-second countdown.

Some Android mobiles function an analogous service known as “car crash detection”.

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“All those calls had to be assessed, with three outbound call attempts completed to ensure there is no threat, risk or harm, taking our contact handlers away from answering true emergency calls,” police added.

They really helpful switching on airplane mode or disabling emergency alerts on wearable tech, in addition to answering any callbacks so officers know followers are protected.

A few of the reactions to the publish included “don’t mosh too hard” and “be wary of the mosh pit”.

However one other consumer commented: “Avoid false alarms and allow police to focus on crime.”

Headline acts at Obtain are Inexperienced Day on Friday, Sleep Tolken on Saturday and Korn on Sunday.

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