Armoured police vehicles are stationed at strategic points around Royal Birkdale to protect golf fans from possible terror attacks.

Armed police are also patrolling the course and the surrounding dunes.

Spectators will also notice a change in the policing approach to that which they may have seen in previous years as we will be deploying armed police officers, on foot and in vehicles, throughout the course of the Championship. The reason for this dedicated deployment of armed officers is not in response to any direct threat aimed at the Open but, in light of recent events, to ensure that we fully able to keep people safe and to give visible reassurance of this to those people attending the event.

It's nice to see a Police presence in Southport for a change. I didn't mind at all
being stopped in Ainsdale. Pity budgets don't allow such proactive
Policing all the time.

Originally Posted by Steve_728

It's nice to see a Police presence in Southport for a change. I didn't mind at all
being stopped in Ainsdale. Pity budgets don't allow such proactive
Policing all the time.

I agree, great to see so many Police. Stops all the constant speeding along all the main roads around here.