WITH 20-PLUS years of events sector experience to date, Rachael Shattock was appointed Group event director at the Nineteen Group (with responsibility for International Security Expo, International Cyber Expo and International Disaster Response) in early 2020. Here, in conversation with Security Matters, Rachael focuses on the necessary pivot to all three events running under one banner in the online domain.

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The police service and the private security sector are increasingly working together in using the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme, which serves to extend the ‘police family’ to keep communities safe and free-up front line police officers to concentrate on their crime fighting priorities. Guy Ferguson explains what the CSAS is, how it works and how effective it has been in three very different CSAS ventures during the COVID-19 lockdown and the subsequent gradual lifting of restrictions

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WHILE THE Bribery Act didn’t actually come into force until July 2011, it became law (thanks to Royal Assent) on 8 April 2010 in the wake of cross-party support. A decade on, Aziz Rahman considers in some detail the Act’s impact to date and, indeed, its likely future.

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Alexander Barrett provides an insight into the large-scale security operation that Thames Valley Police must plan meticulously to ensure public safety during major football matches.

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Superintendent Kyle Gordon explores the changing face of criminality and highlights the major emerging threats that face the Police.

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