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Re: People doing their own audits of places
I worked on an RAF airfield, where most of the perimeter security was an overgrown 3ft fence and signs stating "No Public Access".
The RAF police and MOD police had a hard time escorting groups like CND off the base after they just walked-in at the remoter areas of the airfield.
The protesters often filmed and took photos during their "visits", but this was destroyed in most cases under the Official Secrets Act.
The buildings they wanted to get to were secured by the USMC. Guards in towers watched 24/7. Plenty of signage to stay away, and a yellow line on the ground marked their instant reaction perimeter. Cross that line, and you wouldn't be walking back.
Even RAF personnel dared not cross that line without an armed USMC guard.
Their Gunnery Sergeant would frequently turn up unannounced, and he would throw a yellow tennis ball past the perimeter. Within seconds, a dummy 2" mortar shell would land on it, fired by the tower guards, and a rapid reaction team would fly out of the guardhouse, armed to the teeth with LIVE ammunition.
It was safe to assume that CND learned about this eventually, and the illegal entries stopped.
These "auditors" had better read the signage, as not all areas as unprotected as they seem.
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