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Andrew Trotter OBE QPM Chief Constable British Transport Police

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

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Andrew Trotter OBE QPM Chief Constable British Transport Police

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  1. The Railway Study AssociationBTP supporting a safe, reliable and expanding transport infrastructure Andrew Trotter OBE QPM Chief Constable British Transport Police

  2. British Transport Police • Resources • 2935 Police officers • 356 PCSOs • 1472 Police staff • 246 Specials • Budget • £200m overground • £50m underground

  3. 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%

  4. BTP’s operational priorities • Reducing disruption • Counter terrorism • Fatality management • Metal theft • Football • Volume crime • Anti-social behaviour

  5. Specialist enabling role Fatality management Counter terrorism Metal theft Event policing Rail crash investigation

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. CT Policing

  15. July 2005 London bombings Terrorist incidents affecting Britain’s railways 1991 - 2014 [n=54] [n=20] [10%] [Almost 50%]

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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’

  19. 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

  20. Explosive Search Dogs • Proactive and Passive Detection • Defensive and RVP Search • High Profile Patrol and Passenger Screening • Trial and Testing

  21. General Purpose Dogs • Football/Events • Crime • Metal Theft • General patrolling and Tasking

  22. Special Movements Section • Escort - “Protected” VIP’s - Government Ministers - Royal Family - Visiting Diplomats • Royal Train

  23. CT Engagement Unit • Project Griffin • Project Argus • Nationwide • Railway Specific • Bespoke to Individual Needs

  24. Questions?

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