Leading Change in Policing Conference 2012
CT Policing – Continuing to evolve.
Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick – Chair of ACPO TAM
Leading Change in Policing Conference: 22 – 24 May 2012
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CT Operations Since 9/11
30 Mar 2004: Seven men arrested with 600 kg of ammonium nitrate fertilizer - (Op CREVICE)
3 Aug 2004: plot to attack financial district in USA. Dhiren Barot imprisoned for life - (Op RHYME)
7 Jul 2005: London bombings kill 56 people and injure 700 - (Op THESEUS)
21 Jul 2005: Failed London bombings - (Op VIVACE)
10 Aug 2006: Transatlantic airline plot - (Op OVERT)
1 Feb 2007: Plot to behead a British Muslim soldier - (Op GAMBLE)
29 Jun 2007: London car bombs and Glasgow Airport attack - (Op SEAGRAM)
7 Mar 2008 – Mohammed Hamid jailed indefinitely for recruiting terrorists – (Op OVERAMP)
27 Dec 2010 – Nine charged with Terrorism Offences in "Christmas bomb plot" – (Op GUAVA)
29 Sept 2011 – Seven charged in Birmingham for bomb plotting - (Op EXAMINE)
30 April 2012 – 4 charged with terrorist training/terrorist preparation offences – (Op ARGONAUT)
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Changes and Investments
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People – numbers, skills & relationships
Contest
Improved national functions
Streamlined governance (distributed model)
Interagency activity
Forensics
Prevent
IT/technology
Intelligence
Custody
Protective security
Firearms and surveillance
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Recent Focus has been on
• National Coordination and Tasking
• National Intelligence Handling Model
• National Interoperability
• IT/technology/communication
development
• TAM Business Improvement
• Olympics
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National Network
Key
Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU)
Counter Terrorist Intelligence Unit
(CTIU)
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CT Within Policing
International
Liaison
International
Operations
National
CT strategy
• CONTEST
• SPR
• ACPO CT/DE Strategy
• Counter-Terrorism Command
(CTC)
• National specialist CT units
National specialist capability
Enhanced national capability
• Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU)
(located in regions)
Common regional capability
Force / BCU capability
Leading Change in Policing Conference: 22 – 24 May 2012
• Counter Terrorism Intelligence
Units (CTIU)
• Special Branch
• Force response
• BOCU activity
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Diversification of the Threat
Current national threat level - SUBSTANTIAL
Threat from:
• International Terrorism
• Northern Irish-Related Terrorism
• Domestic Extremism
• Broader world events
• Lone Actors
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Where we are
• New CT/DE National Strategy 2012 – 2015 implemented
• Network Improvement Intelligence Handling Programme 1
• National Interoperability programme completed
• National Coordination Centre
• NDEU Development/Capability enhanced
• Olympic + QDJ Preparedness
Leading Change in Policing Conference: 22 – 24 May 2012
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Current Challenges
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Evolving threat
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Changes to the policing landscape
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Legislative reform (Liberty, Privacy, Security)
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Austerity/fiscal tightening
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IT and technology
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Complacency?
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Next Steps
• Operations!
• Network Improvement Intelligence Handling
Programme 2
• I.T development
• Home Office review of CT policing structures
• CT Futures Project – CC Chris SIMS
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Continuing to evolve - Preserving what works
Structural change should be guided by the following principles.
That:
• decisions are based on comprehensive, rigorous and evidence-based analysis
• operational effectiveness and management of risk are enhanced as a result
• the local to global “Golden Thread” of CT policing is preserved (from local
communities within the UK through to a threat from overseas)
• our ability to flex and surge resources across policing is maintained
• trusted relationships built over many years are not weakened and continue to
be fostered
• local policing continues to deliver and support the Counter terrorism effort
Leading Change in Policing Conference: 22 – 24 May 2012
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Questions
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