David Taylor-Smith, the Chief Operating Officer and Regional CEO - UK of and Africa and Ian Horseman Sewell, Managing Director , G4S Global Events have resigned from the company. The resignations come in the wake of the G4S Board announcing the principal findings of its review of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games Security Contract together with its overall conclusions and a number of key actions arising out of that review. The key points can be summarised as follows: The Olympic contract was unique in terms of scale and complexity, but notwithstanding this, the Company was c...

Newly-appointed Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice, Damian Green MP, highlighted the clear benefits of private sector involvement in policing at a Parliamentary roundtable meeting hosted by the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) earlier this month. The forthcoming impact of Police and Crime Commissioners and the role of private security companies in the changing delivery of policing services were the topics debated at the event, held at the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday, 11th September. Among the attendees were members of the BSIA’s dedicated Police and Publi...

District Commander Chief Inspector Chris Hillery explained: "I was really pleased with the positive response from door supervisors and licensees on Saturday night. We saw real support for Operation Challenge and it gave us the opportunity to further engage them in our initiative to prevent and reduce the risk of alcohol-related violence." "People who have had a lot to drink can become more aggressive and potentially an offender of violent crime, but can also become more vulnerable, therefore increasing the chances of their becoming a victim. So as well as tackling violence robustly ...

A Staffordshire director was yesterday [25 Sept] sentenced to 18 months community service and disqualified as a director for three years after pleading guilty to a string of security offences. Deraz Majid, 30, was working as director of Staffordshire Security Services Ltd and as a security guard without an SIA licence, as well as deploying unlicensed guards. In an attempt to cover the offending he made false statements about the business to the Security Industry Authority. SIA investigators first made enquiries into SSS Ltd when they discovered that the listed sole director, Deraz M...

Cost isn’t the only factor to consider when sourcing a security supplier, and experts from security industry trade body, the British Security Industry Association (BSIA), will be on hand at this year’s newest security event – London’s Global Security Summit – to offer an insight into what to look for in a potential security provider. From the organisers of IFSEC International, FIREX International and publishers of RISK UK, Global Security Summit London is the new and exciting event designed to showcase the best that the security and risk management industry has to offer. Taking plac...

The Home Affairs Select Committee has today published the report into Olympic security delivery, suggesting that the Government should maintain a central register of high-risk companies who have failed in the delivery of public services, to inform future procurement decisions. Chairman of the Committee, Keith Vaz MP, said: “Because of the swift actions of the MOD, Home Office and LOCOG, London enjoyed a safe and secure games.” James Kelly, Chief Executive of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) - the trade body representing the UK’s private security industry - has issued ...

G4S notes the report of the HAC which has been published today The Board and management of G4S have taken responsibility for the inability of the company to deliver, in full, on the Olympic security contract and apologise for this failure. As previously announced the Company, supported by PwC, is conducting a review to determine in detail what went wrong with the execution of the contract and specifically why the contract execution issues were not identified on a more timely basis. This review is nearing completion and the findings will be considered by the Board and then announced wi...

The search for the most innovative crime fighting project in England and Wales entered its final phase today as the public vote for the 2012 Tilley Awards went live. Eleven projects are in the running following a nationwide search over the summer. The public vote is hosted on the Home Office website with the winner due to be announced in December. Positive changes for local communities Minister of State for Crime Prevention Jeremy Browne said: ‘The Tilley Awards are recognised across the world for highlighting the very best of British crime fighting and this year is no excepti...

A three-month NPIA pilot project to enable police officers to spend more time on the beat by using digital technology to take witness statements has been estimated to have saved around 780 hours of police time in two forces. The agency’s Digital Evidence Pilot was run in Hampshire and Avon and Somerset to test the benefits of police officers on the beat using laptops and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to securely and authentically, record information rather than pen and paper. It also incorporated a smaller pilot on electronic police notebooks in Surrey Police. Taking witness...

Vehicle crime experts from 20 EU countries gathered at Europol headquarters on 11 and 12 September to work on “Operation Cycar”. This successful operation resulted in 160 stolen vehicles being seized and 75 people arrested. Results are still being gathered so the final figures are expected to be even higher. Officers coordinating the case at Europol were working from state-of-the-art operations rooms supporting thousands of EU police, customs and border guards involved in “Operation Cycar”. European law enforcement officers were working at borders, ports, car dealers, back-stre...