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Specialist firearms teams have one of the most difficult jobs imaginable in law enforcement. They have to handle situations where there is heightened risk to threatened parties, members of the public and themselves from, potentially, the most dangerous adversaries. Scenarios include policing operations against potentially armed criminals, hostage and kidnap situations, and the protection of […]

When Copenhagen, Aalborg and Billund airports were forced to close after drone sightings, thousands of passengers were stranded, flights were diverted, and airlines absorbed significant unplanned costs. Gatwick’s 2018 closure is still estimated to have cost airlines and the wider economy over £50 million.

Our recent article series (see ‘Missing persons search in the digital age…’) explored the capabilities of Search-PRAS, our dedicated search tool, in high-risk missing persons searches. But of course, police searches are not limited to missing persons, and the full capabilities of Search-PRAS are also found in our CTS-PRAS software, to support searches in Counter […]

Major events—be they concerts, sports events, public ceremonies, political summits and the like—can be a policing and security headache. All such events bring together large numbers of people in well-advertised locations and typically have a high media profile. This makes them an attractive target for terrorists and for those looking to platform a particular cause.

Airports and other Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) are high profile targets for known groups and others looking to inflict maximum damage or disruption, or to achieve media coverage. The reasons for this are clear, particularly in the case of airports.