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Several Manchester bars have introduced new safety measures to prevent drink spiking
The bars have implemented an array of new measures to ensure customer safety in their venues
One of Manchester’s biggest bar groups has been praised for its newly introduced safety measures to prevent drink spiking.
Throughout the last couple of months, there has been an increase in drink spiking in bars and nightclubs across Manchester and the rest of the UK, with thousands of women coming forward to speak of their own experiences with the crime.
In response, a number of venues have been issuing advice to women to lower the chance of their drink being spiked – but now, a Manchester bars group has gone one step further with the introduction of drink testing kits.
Crazy Pedro’s and its sister Northern Quarter venues Lost Cat and Wolf at the Door each issued a joint statement where they revealed they had introduced extra measures to their bars.
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The statement read: “Many may be aware of the issues around the UK regarding safety of people and spiking in venues. We’re putting in extra measures alongside our current safety protocols to ensure everyone feels safe in a Crazy Pedro’s venue.”
The new measures include drink testing kits being made available for all, additional training for staff members and security staff, and posters and information about what the venue can do to help keep its customers safe.
The statement concluded: “This is an ongoing process – please work with us on this so everyone can get it right and we can all continue to have fun, safely.
“Feel free to contact any member of staff/management or email info@crazypedros.co.uk with any issues throughout any venue and we will do everything we can to resolve and make sure our venues continue to be a safe place.”
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Over on the Wolf at the Door account, they added: “We’re aware of the boycott to raise awareness regarding the awful increase in spiking in our city and across the UK. We wanted to get ahead of it.”
This move comes after hundreds of people descended upon St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday night as part of a boycott of nightclubs, demanding that drink spiking be taken seriously amid a rise in incidents across Manchester.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham was in attendance at the protest, where he urged ‘men, lads and boys’ to ‘change their behaviour’ and ‘call out mates’.
He said, as per The Guardian: “This one is on us: men, lads, boys. That might mean calling out mates for their behaviour or it might mean changing our own behaviour.”