The 2012 Infologue.com ‘Building the Future’ Award winner is Janet Williams, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Janet Williams QPM of the Metropolitan Police Service, Specialist Operations. Several worthy names were considered in 2012 but the selection panel felt that the progress made towards greater collaboration between the Police and the Security Sector was worthy of acknowledgement. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Janet Williams QPM of the Metropolitan Police Service, is responsible also for business engagement. In addition she is the ACPO lead on E-Crime. In the run up to the Olympic &am...

Jonathan Evans, the Director General of the Security Service, has given an address titled "The Olympics and Beyond" at the Lord Mayor’s inaugural annual Defence and Security Lecture. Speaking at the Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Evans highlighted MI5's security preparations for the Olympic Games and the continuing threat posed by terrorism: "My Lord Mayor, Secretary of State, Aldermen, Sheriffs, Ladies and Gentlemen. May I start by thanking the Lord Mayor for the kind invitation to give this Inaugural Defence and Security Lecture. "Th...

An international investigation carried out under the leadership of the Police of the Czech Republic, with the support of Europol, has succeeded in dismantling a large network of cocaine smugglers. As part of this international cooperation, on 6th January 2012 the French navy frigate Ventosa, supported by the French drug unit OCRTIS, intercepted 2 boats sailing under British and Spanish flags off the coast of Martinique. On board one of the vessels 1.2 tonnes of cocaine, destined for the European market, was seized and 7 persons of varying nationalities were detained. The seizures wer...

New measures to combat the increasing problem of metal theft are being rolled out across the south of England. Operation Tornado, spearheaded by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), aims to make it easier to trace sellers of stolen metal through an identification scheme. Operation Tornado will launch in all forces across the south of England in the week beginning Monday, 25 June. British Transport Police Deputy Chief Constable Paul Crowther, Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) lead for metal theft said: “Tornado is proving very successful so far, for instance, ...

New research carried out on behalf of the Information Destruction (ID) Section of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) highlights the worrying approach that schools are taking to sensitive data disposal, exposing gaps in provision that could potentially leave educational establishments open to problematic data breaches and identity fraud. There is certainly no room for complacency, as 79% of those surveyed said that the threat posed by lost or inadequately disposed of data had either increased or stayed the same over the past 12 months. In addition, 34% of school staff reported ...

ACPO lead for anti-social behaviour, Deputy Chief Constable Simon Edens, responds to HMIC's report "A Step in the Right Direction" ACPO lead for anti-social behaviour, Deputy Chief Constable Simon Edens, said: “It is encouraging that Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has found that the police service has improved its response to victims of anti-social behaviour since the last thematic inspection two years ago. This report shows that 84 per cent of victims are satisfied with the action taken by police in response to calls about anti-social behaviour. “While th...

ACPO lead for organised crime, Chief Constable Mick Creedon, said: “The impact of communications data on serious criminal investigations should not be underestimated: it is critical to the ability of the police service to protect the public. Data from landline and mobile telephone networks has proved invaluable in bringing successful prosecutions, for example against the serial killer Levi Bellfield, and it is imperative that this capability is maintained. “What is becoming clear within police forces and organisations such as the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre and th...

As the private security industry faces a significant increase in demand with the arrival of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, members of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) are protecting employees from the increased health and safety risks brought about by longer working hours. Members of the Association’s Security Guarding section have adopted a single policy relating to the management of employees during Games time, a move which provides added levels of protection to security officers working during this busy period and reinforces Association members’ commitmen...

An international people-smuggling ring, bringing illegal migrants from the Philippines to France and other European countries, was dismantled by French police authorities on Monday, with the support of Europol and Eurojust. Seven suspects were arrested and several houses searched around Paris and Saint Tropez by French law enforcement authorities.[1] The network smuggled migrants by plane from the Philippines to mainly Denmark and France, using fraudulently obtained Schengen visas. Migrants had to pay up to 10 000 euros to be smuggled to Europe. It is estimated that the organisers ...

One of Peterborough's door supervisors has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 for working illegally and breaking Security Industry Authority licence rules. At Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday of this week, Scott Lee Greensmith was sentenced to a 12-month community service order to undertake 120 hours of unpaid work, and was also ordered to pay costs of £7,833. Greensmith, 32, from Uldale Road, Gunthorpe in Peterborough pleaded guilty to working without holding a valid Security Industry Authority licence, but pleaded not guilty to breaking licence conditions when he failed ...