Two men – an 18-year-old and 22-year-old – were arrested for public-disorder offences at the Reasons to be Fearful event at Fort Regent on Saturday.
Four more individuals were detained for drug-related offences, although no formal arrests have been made as the substances are still being analysed.
The police say there were no Halloween-related incidents or arrests reported on Saturday despite calls for Islanders to contact them if they felt ‘vulnerable or threatened’.
Reasons to be Fearful co-organiser Ben Newman said that he was pleased with the event, which was open until 4 am, and the recording of so few arrests, considering that the capacity on the night was up to 1,800 people.
‘We are happy with that number,’ he said.
‘It was less than at previous events we have run and it demonstrates our robust attitude to security and the fact that we will not accept people bringing in things they should not.’
Security experts – some of whom had trained with the SAS and been responsible for crowd control at Manchester United football matches – were drafted in alongside Jersey-trained colleagues to keep the crowd under control at the event.
On Friday, Sergeant Huw Williams, of the community policing team, said that there would be an increase in the number of officers because the annual tradition – which is said to be the second-biggest
night of the year for clubbing behind New Year’s Eve – was taking place on a weekend.
Inspector Mark Coxshall, head of the community policing team, said: ‘Halloween was always going to be a busy weekend, with it being at the end of the month and pay day for many people, but it went well.
‘Our work with off-licences to prevent selling eggs and four paid off.
‘As for Reasons, there were only two arrests, which out of 1,800 people is very good.
‘We will continue to work with the organisers to improve in the future.’
