Martyn’s Law; Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill
As promised the new Government has continued to push through legislation that is designed to make venues safer. This will place a legal burden on venues that fall within scope to consider terrorist risk and how they would respond.
A briefing note prepared by Nick Aldworth at CT Protect is available to view to support relevant parties. Visit www.ctprotect.com
Soteria Covert Solutions Ltd fully support and recommend CT Protect to help organisations and venues understand Terrorist threat and how to protect against this risk.
We are currently the only accredited Covert Behaviour Detection team in the UK that can deploy to support overt security measures to maximise safety and reduce risk and work with major venues and events to identify and negate physical risk.
Legislative Support
We continue to provide support to law offices and legal teams to ensure legally compliant investigative resources. We have teamed with a number of legal companies in Central London and West Sussex to provide a unique covert service to maximise evidential opportunities.
We have just onboarded with a Mayfair based law office to provide this service.
Surveillance News
Lat month Parliament discussed the use of facial recognition technology by UK law enforcement in relation to its effectiveness and lawfulness.
The new Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, has been urged to ‘’discuss the need to take action and learn from European partners in regulating the use of biometric surveillance in the UK’’.
Whilst we do not use this form of surveillance, trials have shown it to be effective and has resulted in a large number of arrests of persons wanted on warrant who may have slipped the net without use of the technology.
At Soteria all of our covert deployments to identify suspects is underpinned by adherence to the Regulation of Investigatory Power Act 2000 and we use the services of an independent Authorising Officer to ensure legal compliance.
Penetration Testing
We are delighted to have been asked by a major UK infrastructure supplier to provide them with physical penetration testing services. We will covertly simulate real world scenarios to test physical security and provide comprehensive reports to mitigate against any weaknesses identified.
Having been recommended to the new client for our covert expertise this new contract will keep one of our teams busy for the next three years. Looking for new clients for this service.
For cyber security issues we use the services of syopssolutions.co.uk
Covert Surveillance
This remains our core business strand deploying Government trained and experienced surveillance experts. Visit us at www.soteriacovertsolutions.co.uk for more information about how we can assist you.