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… There are legal and commercial reasons why venues should plan to deter terrorist and criminal acts, or …
… consider within your planning: Possible safe areas or venues, near where you intend to be, that you could use as … an emergency shelter How to minimise waiting time at busy venues, and where to wait and gather for head counts and …
… alarm to others Be used by those planning to target other venues Elicit copycat incidents Adversely affect the …
… to assist those with responsibility for the security of Venues & Public Spaces (VaPS) and small and medium-sized … licences and licence holders. 6. Incident response Not all Venues & Public Spaces and SMEs will have an efficient, …
Introduction

The main threats to national security are terrorism, espionage, and cyber attacks. Understanding the threat facing us is key to ensuring protective security measures and mitigations are proportionate, effective and responsive.

1. What is personnel security?

Personnel security is a system of policies and procedures which aim to manage and minimise the risk of people exploiting legitimate access to an organisation’s assets or premises for unauthorised purposes. These…

… complements such good practice. This guide recognises that Venues and Public Spaces differ in many ways, including … security and contingency plans need developing   For some Venues and Public Spaces, simple good practice, coupled with … factored in as appropriate. The security manager at most Venues and Public Spaces should already have responsibility …