Having your community, local council and police involved is important when running your event. Letting the right people know is important to get certain permissions to run your race in an area and so that you can close down roads to make your race safe. Police can monitor the race course and direct traffic so participants will not be in danger. Police will ensure a safe environment with their presence to give participants the peace of mind that their items will not be stolen as well.
Police can also direct and lead the race by staying in front of the lead runner with a car or a motorcycle. This is very common for police to do and it helps improve communication to let the finish line know when the first place finisher and others are starting to end their race.
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