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Gwent Police Silver ICU central to Ryder Cup security
The latest command communications and wireless video technologies, supplied by Excelerate Technology, were used by Gwent Police on their Silver and Bronze Incident Command Vehicles at The Ryder Cup.
It is only played once every two years, and never before in Wales, but the first week of October 2010 saw the cream of the golf world come to Newport to compete in the 38th Ryder Cup. Contested between teams of 12 players from Europe and the United States, the Twenty Ten course at the Celtic Manor Resort played host to what many observers felt was one of the best series of matches yet. Europe’s win – by 14.5 points to USA 13.5 points – now means that they have won eight of the last 13 competitions with the 1989 competition tied (with Europe retaining the Cup). Ranked as one of the top 10 global sporting events with a television audience in excess of two billion people, this year’s competition extended into a fourth day due to some atrocious weather conditions during the first day’s play.
Roof-mounted satellite broadband solution enabled streaming of live video to Gold Command.
company, which has seen rapid growth supporting its emergency services, broadcast and event support customers in recent years.
Heightened security levels Gwent Police’s responsibility included contingency planning (for example a major road traffic accident on the M4) and dealing with the possibility of a terrorist attack. The security threat level for the UK, published by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), was set at ‘Severe’, meaning that an attack in the UK was highly likely, upgraded from ‘Substantial’ in January 2010. Shortly before the event, on 24 September, MI5 upgraded the threat level to the UK from hard-line
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Irish Republican dissidents from ‘Moderate’ to ‘Substantial’.
Excelerate’s key solutions enabled Gwent Police to develop new ways of ensuring event security.
In addition to policing 45,000 plus spectators on the actual course each day, Gwent Police supported the organisers in their role of providing security for
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Police – with the costs being met by Ryder Cup Limited and the European Tour. A total of only 150 officers policed this high profile event, some of whom were using mountain bikes to get around the course quickly. They were equipped with body- worn wireless cameras and radios, enabling them to feedback live imagery of any incident. Central to the management of the event were the two Gwent Police Incident Command Units, one operating as Silver Command and the other as Bronze, crucially providing a Common Operational Picture to Gold Command. Both vehicles were supplied in late 2009 by Excelerate Technology Ltd, the Cardiff-based satellite broadband communications and command systems integration
Emergency Services Times November 2010
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