AWARENESS DAY


Staged locally by police forces participating in Project Griffin, the Project Griffin Awareness Day provides a vehicle for information sharing and fostering relationships between the police and the wider community. The presentations from specialist officers and members of the local police force are designed to give participants greater confidence to report suspicious activity and behaviour, while also creating opportunities to meet the police and learn more about keeping local areas safe.


Open to anyone in an organisation with an interest in safety and security, the Awareness Day is supplemented by regular communications from the police to keep participants up to speed with developments. Many participants, such as trained private security personnel, may not have spoken to a police officer informally before, so the day also offers an excellent opportunity to open channels and build networks.


Each force organises and determines the content of its own Awareness Day. However, as a minimum, it must cover hostile


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• Special Branch update on the current threat • Vehicle/person-borne improvised devices • Crime scene preservation and management • Hostile reconnaissance


• Current crime trends and methods of operation


reconnaissance, attack methodology and include a threat update. The seminars introduce the Project Griffin concept of co-operation and partnership, explaining how it works in practice and how to participate effectively. Video, photographs and visual aids help reinforce key messages and engage, motivate and maintain the interest of participants.


The Awareness Day focuses on how to recognise, respond to and report suspicious activity and behaviour. It also encourages participants to consider and perhaps review their own local procedures for dealing with certain types of incidents and emergencies.


The focus is always on countering terrorism and crime, covering such topics as:


• Consequence management


In some cases, Army personnel may provide an overview of bomb threats, suspect packages and bomb scene management with an emphasis on safety, safe distances and evacuation.


On completion of the Awareness Day many forces issue participants with a certificate of attendance and a lapel badge to wear when on duty.


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