PARTNERSHIPUPDATE - PARTNERSHIPUPDATE Launch of
Project Kestrel
A distinguished group of guests attended the launch, including the Lord Mayor of the City of London, William Russell, with Alderman and Sheriff, Professor Michael Mainelli, and Sheriff, Mr Christopher Hayward CC; Alderman Alison Gowman; John Barradell, CEO and Town Clerk at the City of London Corporation; London Fire Brigade Deputy Commissioner, Richard Mills, and Commander Dave Bulbrook.
Deputy Commissioner Mills from the LFB thanked Don Randall and the CoLCPA for driving Project Kestrel forward and Dr Tony Cash for his considerable expertise in producing the content for this training product. He said: “The culmination of many months of partnership work with the City of London Corporation, City of London Crime Prevention Association and London Fire Brigade, developed during the COVID pandemic lockdown, is testament to the energy, dedication and focus of the security sector in the City of London and our own commitment to making people, infrastructure and businesses even safer.”
L to R: Don Randall MBE; Lord Mayor of the City of London ,William Russell; London Fire Brigade Deputy Commissioner, Richard Mills.
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on Randall MBE and David Ward hosted the launch of Project Kestrel in the City of London
Project Kestrel is an idea that originated from London Fire Brigade Borough Commander David Bulbrook and has been taken to proof of concept by Don Randall and David Ward with fantastic support from the Skills Network team.
The initiative involves an online training package that enables security staff to learn all aspects of fire safety, including fire prevention and detection, awareness of local hazards and risks, whilst also gaining a better understanding of duties and responsibilities. This will empower them to better support the blue light services in their response to any fire- related incidents, enabling both responders and those involved in emergency incidents to work effectively together.
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Borough Commander City of London, Dave Bulbrook, added: “This project will further integrate the security sector into effective and efficient emergency response as well as fire safety protection and prevention. I think this is just the start of ever closer collaboration, integrating fire with security to improve how we serve the public.”
The Lord Mayor, William Russell, commended the partnership between the CoLCPA and the LFB, working alongside the CSC and CSSC in bringing Project Kestrel to fruition.
Don Randall thanked everyone involved for their support, energy and commitment, including Ashley Fernandes from ICTS UK & Ireland and Rajeev Pradhan from Bidvest Noonan for being the first security organisations to pledge to take a substantial number of courses for their frontline staff.
He thanked Peter Lavery, Chair of the Security Institute, who has confirmed that attendance on the programme earns 2 CPD points. Don also announced that any profits from Project Kestrel will be split between two charitable causes: The London Fire Brigade Museum and Cadets, and the CSSC.
Update on the Perceptions Campaign
he Perceptions campaign was launched last year by the Security Commonwealth in partnership with the Security Institute and BSIA. It is gathering pace with a survey currently out to the end users and budget holders who procure security services to see what they really think of the industry. The results will be made public mid-June. There are also have separate surveys going out to companies that provide the security services and the frontline officers themselves in the coming weeks.
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The Cross-sector Safety and Security
Communications (CSSC) UPDATE:
total of 1000 CSSC National, London and regional CSSC messages have been sent in the last six and a half years.
The majority of the safety and security messages sent during this period have been 'Counter Terrorism', 'Public Order' or 'Cyber Crime' related. However, since February 2020 the Coronavirus pandemic has led to the authorities requesting CSSC to send a total of 103 COVID-19 related messages.
CSSC messages are currently sent to a national cascade of 3186 ISLs & Associates. Over half that number have registered to join in the last 18 months.
The CSSC regions have been particularly active during the first four months of this year. The East Midlands region and the North-East regions have produced excellent Spring newsletters. Notable additions to the East Midlands regional board are Chris Howard the Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police, and Paul Gibson, the Dep. C.C. of Leicestershire Police.
Michael Owens from the Bank of New York Mellon has become the new Deputy Chair of the CSSC North-West region. Russell Kerr has recently taken over as the chair for CSSC Scotland and has had some very positive initial meetings with Scottish Government and Police Scotland. Russell has appointed two board members, with Police Scotland A.C.C. Gary Ritchie joining as Co-Chair and Ross Baird, Scottish Government’s Head of Response, Communications and Resilience, also agreeing to join the board.
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Once we have collated all of this information, we will be much better informed about the structure and thoughts of the industry. This will then enable us to lobby government and other key stakeholders in relation to the important issues that are identified. Some will come as no surprise, but I am sure there may also be issues identified that we have not even thought about.
David Ward Chair, Perceptions SIG – Security Commonwealth
© CITY SECURITY MAGAZINE – SUMMER 2021
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