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Step Change Summit


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Improving our approach to countering the threat of terrorism


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n July 17, 2017, the National Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters (NCTPHQ) and Cross Sector Safety and Security Communications (CSSC) delivered “The Step Change Summit”.


Hosted by the City of London Corporation in Guildhall and chaired by Sir David Veness, the purpose was to further develop the working relationship between police and communities and their response to all forms of incidents. Organised in just under a month, it was a testament to the event’s importance that more than 450 security professionals attended.


It was the first in a series of events, and a team of analysts and academics, led by Dr Alison Wakefield from the University of Portsmouth, was present to collate and analyse the presentations and formulate a follow-up programme, with the results and recommendations to be presented to Deputy Assistant Commissioner Specialist Operations (DACSO), Lucy D’Orsi.


The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP, Minister of State for Security, opened the event, outlining how the four terrorist attacks since May and the high number of recently-foiled terrorist plots have brought security far higher up the agenda and how we must “keep one step ahead”. His view is that intelligence agencies and the police cannot do this alone: “We need to understand that security is not something that happens far away to someone else.” We must all take responsibility for personal safety, business safety and public space safety.


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Commissioner Specialist Operations, Mark Rowley pictured left, who leads on Counter Terrorism for the National Police Chiefs’ Council in the UK (alongside Andrew Parker,


Director General of MI5), explained why the event was called at such short notice.


“Since May, there have been four terrorist attacks, where 36 people have died and 200 people been injured. Additionally, five plots have been foiled. These are stark numbers. Is this is a blip or a short-term surge? The answer is clear, it is a step change.”


He went on to explain that the diversity of the threat is unprecedented, with large numbers of individuals under investigation or whom the police have concerns about.


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“If we are to remain a country that is outstanding at dealing with terrorism, there must be a step change within policing, within business and crucially how we work together. We have to look afresh at our methods of tackling the threat, but we cannot do this alone.”


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