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Terrorist use of Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW)

… the UK motivated by Left-Wing, Anarchist and Single-Issue Terrorism (LASIT) ideology is unlikely. Although Islamist … attacks is unclear, they all appear to have been treated as terrorism. Nevertheless, because of different legislation in the various jurisdictions, they may not all reach the terrorism threshold in the UK. Below are some recent …
Keywords: Vehicle as a Weapon , Hostile Vehicle Mitigation , Attack , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Ideologies , Threat , VAW , Awareness , Analysis

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

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 under the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO). NaCTSO is a police unit … little is known about growing public involvement in Counter-Terrorism Protective Security (CTPS) and national security …
Keywords: Counter Terrorism Policing , Consequences , Unintended Consequences , Research , Awareness