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Safer Cities Briefing at UK Security Expo highlights the need for city to city cooperation


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distinguished panel spoke at a round- table briefing at UK Security Expo


with representatives from cities recently affected by terrorist attacks, including Nice, Melbourne, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, The Hague, Rotterdam and London.


This was the first in a possible series of international city to city events on the response to terrorism.


in ‘Barrier Britain’, ‘Castle Berlin’ or ‘Fortress Melbourne’.


The resilience of the citizens of most of the cities which have suffered attacks was also mentioned as an important consideration. This was exemplified in Barcelona, following the terrorist attack in La Rambla, when its citizens marched with the message “We are not afraid”.


Partnership working is key


Although political and organisational structures vary from city to city, a coordinated local, regional, national, international response was called for, with


the need for City to City


cooperation


The event was opened by former UK Security Minister, Admiral Lord West of Spithead, who outlined the aim of sharing best practice and lessons learnt from recent incidents – “Terrorists are good at learning from each other, we should be too,” – highlighting recent police and MI5 briefings which stated, “The tempo and ferocity of recent terrorist attacks are now the new norm and not a blip.”


The panel, chaired by Philip Ingram MBE, shared their local context and background, then went on to contribute ideas for those responsible for security around the world.


The Metropolitan Police’s Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Specialist Operations (DACSO) and Protective Security lead for Counter Terrorism Policing, Lucy D’Orsi, opened the discussion and set the overall scene. There was consensus from those gathered that further attacks are inevitable, coupled with the need to recognise the complexity of the response required.


The collective feeling from the panel was that the people in our cities want to continue with a free, open lifestyle and are resistant to living


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cooperation and constant dialogue between all groups. Trust and engagement at all levels, with flexible and open-minded security planning, is required, with a reminder that the police and security services are not the only ones involved.


A start to the partnership process between cities began after the horrific attack in Nice with many cities signing the “Nice, Declaration”. This outlines greater cooperation in the fight against terrorism. Other cities were encouraged to join the growing community of cities to sign.


The need to share has never been greater


Information sharing between public and private organisations was seen as one of the keys to staying ahead of developing threats and coordinating any response to an incident. What was clear were the differences in the maturity of information sharing mechanisms across the cities and organisations represented.


The Cross Sector Safety and Communications (CSSC) initiative gives a model that could potentially be adopted


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elsewhere, as do many of the public information campaigns launched by UK Counter Terrorism Policing such as ACT: Action Counters Terrorism and “Make Nothing Happen”, both of which encourage the public to report suspicious activity and behaviour.


Tied closely to this is the importance of community training so that municipal agents can detect signs of terrorism. Many of the cities across Europe and Melbourne are making use of Project Griffin type training for security personnel and PREVENT training for wider members of the community. Nice has gone one step further with a 24-hour hotline for terror related concerns.


Create resilient citizens and involve the community


The clear need to develop personal resilience, as well as physical security, was outlined by a


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