The public will be better protected from terrorism under new laws requiring many public venues to improve preparedness against attacks and bring in measures to help keep people safe.
Counter Terrorism Policing Teams have been testing new protective security and preparedness ways of working with over 30 Local Authorities and public bodies in the North East.
Keywords:
Counter Terrorism Support
, National Counter Terrorism Security Office
, Coventry University
, Institute for Peace and Security
, Protective Security
, Preparedness
, Secure societies
, Resilient societies
, Pilot program
, NaCTSO update
, North East Pilot
, NE Pilot
, Zones North East Pilot
Sign up to our next virtual session, taking place on Wednesday 23rd April 2025. Lunch and Learn is aimed at security professionals or those with protective security decision-making capabilities within businesses and organisations. Hear from the experts about improving protective security and preparedness and progress your knowledge of counter…
Keywords:
ACT Awareness
, e-Learning
, Session
, Security Professional
, ProtectUK Website
, ProtectUK
, Business Engagement
, Business
We look at the threat that organisations and individuals face from Left-Wing, Anarchist and Single-Issue Terrorism (LASIT).
Keywords:
Risk
, Threat
, Terrorist threat
, LASI
, LASIT
, Left Anarchist and Single Issue Terrorist
, Single Issue Terrorist
With festive season on the horizon, The Competent Persons Scheme Team want to thank everyone who contributed to our progression in 2024 and highlight some milestones we are looking towards in 2025.
You will likely be aware that a man has been charged following an arrest at St James’s Hospital in Leeds last Friday 20th January.
The Outdoor Education Advisers’ Panel (OEAP) is the lead body for guidance, advice and training related to outdoor learning and educational visits in England and Wales. We support our members (currently numbering around 120) in their work with schools, colleges and services to children and young people.
Communicating protective security measures can act as a free and highly effective layer of security, but will it scare or reassure your customers? Evidence suggests that it can provoke positive emotional and behavioural responses and deter potential hostiles.
Keywords:
Protective Security
, Protective measures
, Business
, Small business
, Vigilance messaging
, Security mindedness
The venues and public spaces of private and public sector organisations are ideally suited to locating Public Access Trauma (PAcT) First Aid Kits in areas to which the general public can access. These first aid kits, for use by any person regardless of their level of training, support the treatment of life threatening injuries and will…