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Much of the fighting, apparently, took place in the parking lot outside the fire hall. That’s simple enough to solve: ask the Sheriffs Office and the on-duty state troopers to drive through the lot a couple of times the night of the dances and arrest those drinking in their vehicles. Sheriff John H. Woodward has said he would be happy to have a deputy run through the lots a couple of times a night. Also, prohibit parking lot loitering. Reports are that perhaps more than 50 people were outside the entire evening, which in our view constitutes very poor planning by the fire department, who produced the dance.
Secondly, maintain a dress code for the evening. A popular Warrenton bar has found its collared-shirt policy to be effective; we think it would be a good idea here as well.
Finally, whomever puts on the dance should have some sort of viable security policy in place, a policy consisting of both adequate personnel and a thought-out contingency plan.
Abolishing the dances would, in effect, let the bad guys win. Law-abiding citizens, the vast majority at these dances, won’t mind better security. In fact, after last weekend, they will welcome it. The fight(s) two weeks ago could have been prevented very easily. Before abolishing the dances, more sensible planning should be tried.
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