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oscarx-ray@reddit

What to Expect on Your Visit

Your safety is our priority. In response to a change in the UK’s national threat level, we have introduced some additional security measures across the venue.

There is no specific threat to BEAM, but we are taking precautionary actions to ensure the safety of our community.

During your visit, you may notice:

Bag checks on arrival
Increased security presence, with body-worn cameras
Adjustments to entry and exit routes
Additional perimeter checks
Increased frequency of facility checks

Please allow additional time for arrival, and follow the guidance of our staff and security team while on site.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Our aim is to ensure BEAM remains a welcoming, safe and enjoyable place for everyone, and our staff will be happy to assist with any questions during your visit.

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happyhippohats@reddit

What us BEAM an acronym for?

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OnlymyOP@reddit

I can't remember now but it's something very "Hertfordshire" and middle class . I prefer Banning Entry Against Murderers and now can't unthink it 😂

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SatisfactionMoney426@reddit

BeACON For ARTS

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johnbobk@reddit

Beam as in projector, beams the film to the screen.

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adougies@reddit

BEAM is the Cinema name

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oscarx-ray@reddit

Banning Entry Against Murderers.

That's why they check the bags, to make sure there's no murders in them.

Not a scooby. I couldn't point to Hertford on a map, let alone tell you anything about it or its businesses. I just Googled "cinema hertford" and briefly looked at their website long enough to copy this text.

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happyhippohats@reddit

Huh.

I went to a gig in London last night and they didn't even pat me down on the way in...

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oscarx-ray@reddit

I'm from Glasgow, they give you a knife on the way in to most of our venues. Guess they're a little more sensitive in Hertford.

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johnbobk@reddit

It's to shut people up who are noisy with their popcorn.

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Sad_Cardiologist5388@reddit

They finally got sick of people sneaking in a pack of starburst and a can of Pepsi max

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GlitchingGecko@reddit

I went on Monday and didn't even get my app checked to see if I had a ticket. Walked straight to my seat without a single person stopping me.

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ActionBirbie@reddit

Why would anybody here, in a national subreddit know? Ask the cinema and monitor your local news. Maybe your local subreddit, even.

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Current_Thing2244@reddit

Somebody probably placed a call saying an incident was planned. While there's a high chance it was a fake call, they take them seriously.

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idreaminlowercase@reddit

What did it say

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WillowTreeBark@reddit

google and let me know pls

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PippiShortStockings@reddit

Your safety is our priority. In response to a change in the UK’s national threat level, we have introduced some additional security measures across the venue.

There is no specific threat to BEAM, but we are taking precautionary actions to ensure the safety of our community.

During your visit, you may notice:

Bag checks on arrival Increased security presence, with body-worn cameras Adjustments to entry and exit routes Additional perimeter checks Increased frequency of facility checks Please allow additional time for arrival, and follow the guidance of our staff and security team while on site.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Our aim is to ensure BEAM remains a welcoming, safe and enjoyable place for everyone, and our staff will be happy to assist with any questions during your visit.

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idreaminlowercase@reddit

Thank you

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WillowTreeBark@reddit

Ty

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ggssmm1@reddit (OP)

Thank you

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ggssmm1@reddit (OP)

!answer

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TachiH@reddit

We have moved from a 3/5 terror level to a 4/5. Meaning more attacks are very likely, I don't necessarily know if that is why they would have bag checks but if someone had called in a threat the cinema wouldn't be continuing business, would go against Martyns Law I believe.

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PorkAmbassador@reddit

The terrorism threat level is now at Severe, which might explain it.

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Vic_Serotonin@reddit

Better start the hand wringing if we see a 'forinner' within 100 yards of a public space now I suppose. I'm off to facebook to pass it on hun.

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Anglo-Euro-0891@reddit

It would definitely be a valid reason.

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W51976@reddit

Some bloke years ago dressed in a Batman costume murdered a bunch of people in a cinema over in the states, back in the late 2000s.

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OnlymyOP@reddit

That was in Aurora, Colorado

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Fun_Gas_7777@reddit

How does that relate to the UK this year?

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Crunchie64@reddit

Cover up.

They just don’t want you smuggling sharing bags of Minstrels in from Asda.

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mdmnl@reddit

Minstrels from Asda is still a step up from my usual sneaking in Poundland's finest

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Miserable-Ad7835@reddit

Irony is it's probably a more effective deterrent on people taking their own food in than preventing terrorism.

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W51976@reddit

Anti pick n mix patrol.

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CalmStomach3@reddit

They had a police van outside last thursday there, they gave me a free UV pen

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No-Door-3181@reddit

I went to cinema yesterday in Watford and it was business as usual

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SoundsDB@reddit

There's been a massive police crackdown on people taking in their own pick and mix.

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OnlymyOP@reddit

Where was that ? Beam?

Quote from the Website

Your safety is our priority. In response to a change in the UK’s national threat level, we have introduced some additional security measures across the venue.

There is no specific threat to BEAM, but we are taking precautionary actions to ensure the safety of our community.

During your visit, you may notice:

Bag checks on arrival
Increased security presence, with body-worn cameras
Adjustments to entry and exit routes
Additional perimeter checks
Increased frequency of facility checks

Please allow additional time for arrival, and follow the guidance of our staff and security team while on site.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Our aim is to ensure BEAM remains a welcoming, safe and enjoyable place for everyone, and our staff will be happy to assist with any questions during your visit.

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Shoddy_Juggernaut_11@reddit

Secret haribo stash alert

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BelledeJour71@reddit

We have all worked with managers who relish any excuse they can think for an occasional little power trip.

The security threat level has been raised so you could view as them just being very responsible, though.

Not sure how police monitoring 'live' works, though. Perhaps the local plod have lunch in the MacDonalds opposite the cinema.

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ukbot-nicolabot@reddit

OP marked this as the best answer, given by /u/Current_Thing2244.

Somebody probably placed a call saying an incident was planned. While there's a high chance it was a fake call, they take them seriously.

Edited to add that I just did a quick google search and it states on the cinema's website why. Very clearly stated.

^(What is this?)

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Mglfll@reddit

Just fancied a nosey at what people carry in their bags. They may not know they can post in this sub

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Miserable-Ad7835@reddit

It's all for show, none of the minimum wage, zero hour contract security staff actually look properly in bags, but it ticks the right boxes.

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dilzebub@reddit

https://beamhertford.co.uk/visit-beam/around-the-building/

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BeardedSheppard@reddit

Terror level has raised, plus also Martyn’s law has changed the way venues approach security and their responsibilities to the public.

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BillyJoeDubuluw@reddit

It’s fair to say they’re most likely not tackling people sneaking bags of crisps in at the end of the day, but they’re doing their job and keeping you safe…

I went for a pint with my Dad recently and I was particularly struck by the seemingly unwarranted police presence in the vicinity… As ever, my Dad broke it down plain as day, clocked my worry and simply muttered “we live in a town full of scrotes and weirdos pal, be glad the police are knocking about”…

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