All the planning for the concert was based on a particularly successful event last year.

It was good for Brighton but if we can't specify the numbers of people who are going to go to an event, and if you are going to get upwards of 150,000 people, we have to be able to ensure we have the resources to deal with that.

The atmosphere, on a hot summer's evening, with the music and crowds, was enjoyable. But there were far too many concerns with regard to people's safety.

It has been said to me the event was not planned for but it was, by the local authority, the emergency services and Norman Cook's people.

But nobody had any notion it would attract the number of people it did.

I don't think it would be right to rule out future concerts because this is a city where people come to enjoy such events.

It's an attractive place but my primary concern has to be public safety and that's what people want.

We must consider what we have learnt from this and, if we have future events, what control we would have over the numbers of people arriving.

My own staff were quite magnificent. We drafted people in from around the country who were really put into the breach but performed very well.

*by Chief Superintendent Doug Rattray, who was the officer in charge of policing