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Hostile reconnaissance

… 1. Introduction Hostile reconnaissance is the term given to the information-gathering phase conducted … or group conducting reconnaissance. The National Protective Security Authority NPSA (formerly CPNI) defines hostile … and the likelihood of success. Information about a site or event may be gained through online research, conducting …
Keywords: CPNI , Hostile Reconnaissance , Suspicious Behaviour , Security , Risk , Personnel Security , PALs Guidance , NPSA , PALs , publicly accessible places , publicly accessible locations

Martyn’s Law statutory guidance published by the Home Office

… The Home Office has now published the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 section 27 … The statutory guidance is available to view on GOV.UK and … to follow, without requiring specialist expertise or prior security knowledge to understand requirements. Practical …
Keywords: Martyn's Law , Terrorism , Bill , Legislation , Guidance

Tactic IB5: Actively monitor CCTV/VSS at all times and review out-of-hours footage

… images are monitored and recorded for surveillance and security purposes. TACTIC IB6 should be considered together with this tactic. It is important to understand that CCTV will not prevent criminal action, but may deter or detect a criminal …
Keywords: CCTV , Access control , Security , Perimeter

Incident procedures

… 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 … media applications. No matter how ridiculous or implausible the threat may seem, all such communications are a crime and …
Keywords: Bomb threat , Suspicious Item , HOT principle , Suspicious Behaviour , Terrorist threat , Public Safety , Suspicious activity

CCTV

… section is designed to assist those with responsibility for the security of Venues & Public Spaces (VaPS) and small and … when investigating health and safety concerns and in the event of public liability claims. Monitoring and regularly …
Keywords: CCTV , publicly accessible places , Hostile Reconnaissance , Security , Cyber , PALs Guidance , PALs , publicly accessible locations

Tactic EB1: Implement emergency change to shift patterns and agree plan with staff in advance

… can provide an enhanced deterrence perception to hostiles. These cannot be undertaken without pre-planning and it will … should be given to factoring this into the plan, and having security staff from other offices brought in to provide … the potential emergency changes to shift patterns in the event of a raised threat level or a terrorist incident, and …
Keywords: Threat Level , Emergency Planning , Staff , Communications

Good housekeeping

… 1. Introduction Good housekeeping improves the safety of your premises, reduces the opportunity for … for any suspicious items review the use, placement and security of any compactors, recycling sorting points, … assist CCTV and natural surveillance while helping to prevent packages being hidden make sure that all staff are …
Keywords: Luggage storage , Parcel Lockers , Parcels , Bomb threat , Click and Collect , Good housekeeping , Left luggage , Luggage lockers , PALs , PALs Guidance , Protective Security , publicly accessible locations , publicly accessible places , Security measures , Suspicious Item

Threat level and building response plans

… Introduction The main threats to national security are terrorism, espionage, and cyber attacks. … a range of factors including current intelligence, recent events and what is known about terrorist intentions and …
Keywords: PALs , Threat , Security , Risk , PALs Guidance , publicly accessible locations

Bomb threats

… 1. Procedures for handling bomb threats The vast majority of bomb threats are hoaxes designed to … your organisation upon receipt of the threat, e.g. building security and senior manager, as they will need to make an … that appropriate plans exist and are tested; they should be event and location specific, and accommodate foreseeable …
Keywords: Bomb threat , Emergency Planning , Terrorist threat , Venues and Public Spaces , Venues , public spaces

Attack methodology: Vehicle bombs

… contains and delivers an explosive device to a target. The vehicle may be old or new, inexpensive or valuable, … plain, blend into most situations and/or be modified to prevent detection. VBIEDs may range in size e.g. bicycles, … hostile reconnaissance and undertake ‘dry-runs’ to test the security response. How might your staff identify such …
Keywords: Vehicle as a Weapon , Hostile Vehicle Mitigation , Risk Assessment , Security measures , Bomb threat , PALs Guidance , publicly accessible places , publicly accessible locations