 Crowded Places Source: http://www.nactso.gov.uk/crowded-places
The UK faces a real threat from terrorism and crowded places remain an attractive target.
The Home Office, in consultation with partners including CPNI and NaCTSO have published the following documents aimed at increasing the protection of crowded places from a terrorist attack.
Protecting crowded places: design and technical issues This document is aimed at professionals involved in the planning, design and development of the built environment.
Crowded places: the planning system and counter-terrorism. This document is primarily aimed at practitioners in England, but will also be of interest to a wider audience.
RIBA document Counter-terrorism and the Built Environment The document informs built environment professionals of recent government work to protect crowded places. It has particular relevance for the design of large new developments, and places where large numbers of people gather. The document states that your first point of call should be your Counter-Terrorism Security Adviser. They will be able to advise whether further counter-terrorism protective security will be needed for a particular site or project. If necessary, a CTSA will visit your site and advise on the risks and potential mitigation measures.
Counter Terrorism Protective Security Advice For Your Business Outside Of The UK. This guide, written in partnership between NaCTSO and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, provides protective security advice to those who own, operate, manage or work within various businesses outside of the UK including Hotels, Restaurants, Bars, Shopping Centres, Tourism and Transport. It is aimed at those premises where there may be a risk of a terrorist attack either because of the nature of the business, its location, or the number of people who work there.
NaCTSO has researched and produced a guidance document Counter Terrorism Protective Security Advice for Commercial Centres.
The document is intended to give protective security advice to those who are responsible for the security at commercial centres and large shared occupancy office buildings. It is aimed at those organisations that are seeking to reduce the risk of a terrorist attack, or limit the damage terrorism might cause.
The context, the principles and the processes that are recommended are derived from the experience of experts. These are unlikely to come naturally to busy managers and employees in commercial centres in any emergency.
Commercial centre management should use the guidance to reduce the risk to as low as reasonably practicable. The document contains good practice checklists intended as a guide for management to assist them in identifying the hazards and risks associated with commercial centre security planning.
A number of organisations have adopted good practice to enhance the protective security measures at their places of business and this document complements such good practice measures.
Hotels & Restaurants
Hotels and restaurants worldwide have been subject to terrorist attacks on several occasions.
It is possible that your hotel or restaurant could be involved in a terrorist incident. This might include having to deal with a bomb threat or with suspicious items left in or around your premises or sent through the post. In the worst case scenario your staff and guests could be killed or injured, and your premises destroyed or damaged in a ‘no warning’, multiple and co-ordinated terrorist attack.
NaCTSO have researched and produced Counter Terrorism Protective Security Guidance for Hotels and Restaurant. It aids those who are seeking to reduce the risk of a terrorist attack and limit the damage an attack might cause. It highlights the vital part you can play in the UK CounterTterrorism strategy.
A number of organisations have adopted good practice to enhance the protective security measures in and around their premises. This document identifies and complements such good practice measures.
It is worth remembering that measures you may consider for countering terrorism will also work against other threats, such as theft and burglary.
Shopping Centres 
Terrorist attacks in the UK are a real and serious danger. Crowded places, including shopping centres, are likely to feature in the attack plans of terrorist organisations in the future as they are usually locations with limited protective security measures and therefore affords the potential for mass fatalities and casualties.
Counter Terrorism Protective Security Advice for Shopping Centres has been produced in partnership with the British Council of Shopping Centres.
Those responsible for public safety and security within shopping centres and other retail premises are urged to take time to study the advice contained in this document and put it into practice in respect of each of the environments they are developing and managing.
It is recognised that there is a need to maintain a friendly and welcoming atmosphere within shopping centre environments and this guide is not intended to create a ‘fortress mentality’. There is however a balance to be achieved where security management are informed that there are robust protective security measures available to mitigate against the threat of terrorism, e.g. vehicle access controls at goods/service entrances.
Health
Healthcare Sites are vital to the infrastructure of the UK. Information has been developed to assist Health Care sites in addressing security issues related to threat from a terrorist attack. It is intended to cover all NHS sites and the private sector.
NaCTSO has researched and produced a guidance booklet on Counter Terrorism Protective Security Advice for Health. The principles and procedures outlined in this booklet are based on recommendations derived from the experience of experts, aiming to reduce the risk for staff, patients and visitors through knowledge and learning, as well as understanding the threat they may face and the proportionate measures they can undertake to reduce their vulnerabilities.
Planning and preparation for such events can often take months if not years to put in place. An early understanding of the security issues involved can not only save time but reduce costs by incorporating identified measures before advanced plans are developed. Each Health Care site will require unique site-specific advice to complement this generic guidance.
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