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“There should be a strong principle of you are innocent until proven guilty . . . that includes these kinds of nasty warnings.”

But that’s not the only new arrow authorities have in their quiver, as they move to quell the fallout of the booze-fueled gathering that last year choked Broughdale with a crowd of 20,000, sent 57 to hospital and stuck taxpayers with a $200,000 bill for emergency services.

New this year, police also have an understanding with Western to pass on information about students 18 and older charged from any large gathering, details that could potentially be used to apply the school’s student code of conduct — Western recently strengthened it — to go after bad behaviour off campus.

There’s more.

As part of their crackdown this Saturday, police confirmed they’ll be using cameras and an aerial drone to survey Broughdale for public safety and to make sure emergency crews can get through the area.

There’s also a new fence that blocks easy access from campus to Broughdale, where young people from London and beyond — they often radar in through social media — descend for the gathering that began a few years ago as a protest against Western delaying its annual homecoming weekend until later in the fall to nix student rowdyism.

Gian Colangelo, a third-year Western student, said he and his roommates were shocked when they received the ‘we’re watching’ warning from the police.

“It is one thing to notify us of a new bylaw and another to say you will be attending with tickets before the event actually happened,” he said over Facebook messenger. Colangelo said he researched the bylaw and was taking precautions to ensure the event complied with the law.