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The Railway Study Association BTP supporting a safe, reliable and expanding transport infrastructure Andrew Trotter OBE QPM Chief Constable British Transport Police British Transport Police Resources • 2935 Police officers • 356 PCSOs • 1472 Police staff • 246 Specials Budget • £200m overground • £50m underground Consistent improvement Compared to 2004/5 • Notifiable crime down 37% • Detection rate up from 17% to 33% • Robbery down 78% • Violence against the person down 14% In last two years • Live cable theft down 73% • Disruption due to police-related lost minutes down 23% BTP’s operational priorities • • • • • • • Reducing disruption Counter terrorism Fatality management Metal theft Football Volume crime Anti-social behaviour Specialist enabling role Fatality management Counter terrorism Metal theft Event policing Rail crash investigation Fatality management • • • • Risk managed approach New fatality guidance Early classification - non-suspicious / unexplained Combined average clearance time reduced from 113 minutes in 2011/12 to 75 minutes in 13/14 • Widespread praise from industry Metal Theft • • • • • • • • National Police Lead for Metal Theft National Metal Theft Taskforce Fusion Intelligence Unit Multi-agency approach Focussed and coordinated activity Legislative change Av. national reduction of 43% in all crimes since 2011 77% reduction in live cable offences since 2011 Suicide Prevention • Suicide prevention strategy • Multi-agency approach: NHS, NWR and Samaritans • Recognised as best practice by Lord Adebowale’s Independent Commission into Mental Health and Policing within the MPS • National policing lead for suicide prevention and investigation Strategic assessment – an expanding railway • Demand for long distance rail travel doubled in past 15 years • Britain’s population forecast to increase by 10 million over next 25 years • Four million journeys into London every day by 2025 • Investment important for Government’s economic agenda - HS2, Crossrail and Thameslink • Plan and invest for the decades to come Strategic Assessment – policing demand • • • • • • Assessment of demand and resource Social media Text service - 61016 Public perception and expectations Pressures on local forces Preparedness for a cyber attack Strategic objectives 2013-2019 • Keep transport systems running – 20% reduction in lost minutes • A safe and secure railway – 20% reduction in crime • Promote confidence in use of railway – 10% increase in passenger confidence • Deliver value for money – Deliver the above within MTFP constrained by RPI Force restructure • • • • • • • • Improved response & visibility Improved performance Improved service to victims Better integration with rail infrastructure Enhanced stakeholder relations Savings to reinvest Value for money April 2014 Transformational change • • • • • • IT, People and Estates Strategies Resource and demand analysis Randomised control trial From detection to prevention focus Supporting the franchise process Evidenced based deployment – what works CT Policing Terrorist incidents affecting Britain’s railways 1991 - 2014 [n=54] [n=20] 20 15 July 2005 London bombings 10 5 0 '91 '95 [10%] '05 '10 [Almost 50%] Vulnerability • ‘Attractive’ space – accessible, crowded, iconic; • Economic space – the ‘mass transit test’; • Open space – no secure perimeter, no compulsory identity checks or luggage checks; • Transient community – using the railway is not a lifestyle choice The perception and the reality of risk • • • • • Unattended Items Suspicious and unusual behaviour Anonymous threat messages Low-probability / high-consequence threats Risk aversion and overreaction Aims • To operate a robust and resilient process for assessing potential threats and risks; • To react proportionately and effectively to real and perceived acts of terror; • To reassure the public and deter those with evil intent. To pass the ‘mass transit test’ Armed Policing • • • • • Launched February 2012 MTFA Threat 13 locations Ability to deploy unarmed to support CT Policing Ability to deploy unarmed to support other policing operations Explosive Search Dogs • • • • Proactive and Passive Detection Defensive and RVP Search High Profile Patrol and Passenger Screening Trial and Testing General Purpose Dogs • • • • Football/Events Crime Metal Theft General patrolling and Tasking Special Movements Section • Escort - “Protected” VIP’s - Government Ministers - Royal Family - Visiting Diplomats • Royal Train CT Engagement Unit • • • • • Project Griffin Project Argus Nationwide Railway Specific Bespoke to Individual Needs Questions?