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Terrorist use of Firearms

… highly unlikely that someone known to law enforcement for terrorism related offences would be able to acquire a … describing threats in intelligence assessments, Counter Terrorism Policing utilises the Probabilistic Yardstick. The …
Keywords: Firearms , Threat analysis , Attack Methodology , PALs , Threat

Unintended Consequences Research: Identifying the Impact of NaCTSO Public-Facing Products and Campaigns

… Introduction In the UK, public-facing products and counter-terrorism vigilance campaigns (VC hereafter) have grown … security-prejudice nexus (Gilks, 2020) was use of the term “Islamist” terrorist/terrorism/threat within CTPS training … Takeaways NaCTSO should (re)consider the continued use of “Islamist” within training material and consider an …
Keywords: Counter Terrorism Policing , Consequences , Unintended Consequences , Research , Awareness

Threat from Drones in the UK

… could be used for nefarious purposes, including terrorism. How much illegal drone activity is there in the … data collected by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), between 2015 and 2019 there were at least …
Keywords: Drones , Threat analysis , Threat , UAV , Weapon

NaCTSO and Evidence-based Policing

… government with a VaPS delivery model undertaken by Counter Terrorism Policing and our partners. As a new and ambitious … to the problems we face. … At the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) we are passionate about … supports the work we do to keep the public safe from terrorism.  To support this, we are fully committed to …
Keywords: Research , Evidence , Protective Security , Preparedness