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oday, criminals are targeting the rail network using technology, such as Google Earth, to pinpoint vulnerable areas. They are then arriving at these locations wearing credible clothing, including high-visibility jackets and hard hats, meaning Network Rail, British Transport Police and specialist rail security companies now need to combine human intelligence, security patrolling and video surveillance technology in their response. Joined-up thinking is at a premium and at no time have multi- disciplinary companies, who work across manned security and technological solutions, been better placed to help. RailCONNECT speaks to Vital Rail Security and Vital Technology, both part of the Vital Services Group, about ways to tackle this issue.
Nick Jones, Business Development Manager of Vital Rail Security, explains how an increasingly collaborative approach to rail security could help: “The way in which
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companies respond to the threat of cable theft must ensure that every operation carried out is designed to discourage theft in the first instance, as well as having a longer term deterrent effect. There are many options available, ranging from the highly overt to covert activity, where arrests and resultant publicity act as a disincentive.”
“As rail security specialists, we team security operatives with an experienced rail operative (Controller of Site Safety - COSS) so that in the event that our staff need to go on track, they will firstly have been trained in Personal Track Safety (PTS) and secondly, be under safe supervision. The sophistication of criminal activity now means that individual site security surveys must be totally bespoke documents. Understanding individual hotspots identified by the client, police and the security company requires site-specific risk assessments, assignment instructions and method statements in all cases. Flooding the ground
Keeping one step ahead of crime on the railways.
“The sophistication of criminal activity now means that individual site security surveys must be totally bespoke documents.”
with operatives usually means irresponsible use of the client’s budget. The optimum approach is, by contrast, to produce a site- specific security management plan which highlights and appropriately measures risk and identifies the appropriate solution, while finding synergy between mobile security patrols and surveillance technology.”
“Vital Rail Security is currently, among other sites within the UK, protecting Network
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