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Building services and internal spaces

… protection of building services and critical internal spaces. …   For more information, please visit the NPSA website .   … Building services and internal spaces …
Keywords: CPNI , Physical Security , Protective Security , Risk Management , NPSA

Advice for security managers during a heightened threat level

… deployed at different response levels should not be made public, to avoid informing terrorists about what is known … at the different response levels should not be made public. This is to avoid equipping terrorists should they be … marshals to support this activity? identify ‘protected spaces’ review your Emergency Assembly Point   6.2 …
Keywords: Threat , SCAN , Physical Security , Personal Security , Perimeter , Risk Management

Good housekeeping

… for staff to conduct examinations for suspicious items.   Public and Communal Areas Keep public and communal areas e.g. exits, entrances, toilets, …
Keywords: Good housekeeping , Security , Suspicious Item , Suspicious Behaviour , public spaces

Polling stations

… (Polling stations) Prior to opening the premises to the public, arrange for a responsible person with local … nearby shrubbery, outbuildings and other areas to which the public have access. If a vehicle is parked in the proximity … and all potential emergency exit points. Check vulnerable spaces, for example cupboards, and unoccupied rooms, on the …
Keywords: Polling Stations , ACT , SCAN , public spaces , Election

Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW)

… curtilage of the site. Close off vehicle access to shared spaces when queues are present. In car parks, create a …
Keywords: Vehicle as a Weapon , Attack , Terrorist threat , publicly accessible places , Car

Election security for polling stations and counting venues

… be adapted to meet local needs. Further supporting guidance publications including ‘Recognising the Terrorist Threat’  … are likely to favour ‘soft’ targets or venues and public spaces with little or no protective security …
Keywords: Election , Attack , publicly accessible places , Polling Stations , Venues

Crisis management for terrorist related events

… NPSA has partnered with the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) to deliver best practice guidance …
Keywords: CPNI , Threat , Crisis Management , Hostile Reconnaissance , security planning process , NPSA

Counting venues

… nearby shrubbery, outbuildings and other areas to which the public have access. If a vehicle is parked in the proximity …
Keywords: Venues , Election , Security

Mail handling

… package. Communicate regularly with staff, visitors and the public.   Notify police If the item has been opened, or …
Keywords: Mail handling , Suspicious Item , CBR , Threat analysis , Chemical , Physical Security

The National Vehicle Threat Mitigation Unit

… They offer advice on most events (including events in Publicly Accessible Locations which attract crowds) and …
Keywords: Vehicle , Transport , Vehicle as a Weapon , Weapons of Terrorism , Attack , Threat , Mitigation , National Security , Protective Security