by Author | Mar 26, 2019 | News
Police Dogs who supported emergency services during the London terror attacks at Westminster Bridge, London Bridge and Borough Market are being honored for their heroic actions by leading vet charity PDSA.Seven Police Dogs from the Metropolitan Police (Met) and...
by Author | Mar 6, 2019 | News, Prepare, Protect
Counter Terrorism Policing’s National Coordinator for Prevent has called upon the private sector to play a more active role in delivering the government’s deradicalisation programme. Chief Superintendent Nik Adams used a speech at the Counter Terror Expo at...
by Author | Feb 21, 2019 | News
Detective Zac Idun OBE is a Family Liaison Coordinator working in the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.Zac has 26 years’ experience in policing and reflects on his police career and the importance of diversity. Joining the police changed my...
by Author | Feb 5, 2019 | News, Prevent
Chief Constable Simon Cole of Leicestershire Police spoke to the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) around the myths and realities of the Prevent programme. The police have a long history of working to prevent vulnerable people from being drawn into...
by Author | Dec 13, 2018 | News, Prevent
New Home Office statistics show a 20 percent increase in the number of people referred to and supported through the Prevent programme – with extreme right wing concerns up by over a third. Figures released today cover the year ending March 2018, a period likely to be...
by Author | Dec 6, 2018 | News, Pursue
Figures reveal the use of police powers relating to terrorism has exceeded 300 arrests, with 17 attack plots foiled in the year ending September 2018. There were 317 arrests for terrorism-related activity in the year ending 30 September 2018, a decrease of 31%...
by Author | Nov 22, 2018 | News
We welcome the publication of the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) report into last year’s terrorist attacks and will now study its findings and recommendations carefully. As we think back to those tragic events, it is the 36 people killed, their families and...
by Author | Nov 18, 2018 | News, Prepare, Protect
With the festive rush about to get underway, Counter Terrorism Policing is today launching its biggest-ever winter advertising campaign as part of ACT: Action Counters Terrorism. While there is no known increased threat to busy town and city centres, people flocking...
by Author | Nov 2, 2018 | News, Prepare, Protect
A training exercise to test the response of the emergency services to a terrorist attack took place at a number of locations in West Yorkshire over the past few days. The exercise was led by Counter Terrorism Policing North East and involved participants from a...
by Author | Oct 30, 2018 | News
Philip Hammond MP revealed in yesterday’s 2018 Budget that Counter Terrorism Policing will receive an additional £160m in funding for 2019/2020. The head of UK Counter Terrorism Policing, Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, said: “Today’s announcement of an extra...
