Please note that premises used for counting ballot papers may well be used for other purposes until shortly before counting commences. It is imperative, therefore, that a thorough search be made as near as possible to the arrival of the first ballot box.
The vast majority of bomb threats are hoaxes designed to cause alarm and disruption. As well as the rare instances of valid bomb threats, terrorists may also make hoax bomb threat calls to intimidate.
Keywords:
Bomb threat
, Suspicious Item
, HOT principle
, Suspicious Behaviour
, Terrorist threat
, Public Safety
, Suspicious activity