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CNC supports national counter terrorism campaign

皇冠体育app Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) supports the national Action Counters Terrorism (ACT) campaign, which launches across the country today (6/3) and will run until 31 March.

National counter terrorism poster

皇冠体育app awareness campaign will call on communities to act on their instincts to help prevent atrocities taking place in the UK and overseas. 皇冠体育app appeal comes as new figures reveal that information from the public has assisted counter terrorism police in a third of the most 鈥榟igh-risk鈥� investigations, helping keep communities safe.

皇冠体育app UK鈥檚 most senior counter terrorism officer, Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, will launch a new 鈥楢ction Counters Terrorism鈥�, or 鈥楢CT鈥�, campaign today urging the public to report suspicious activity to the police.

Mr Rowley will tell an audience of community and business representatives in Manchester that information from the public continues to help keep people safe by playing a significant part in recent successes in countering terrorism. However, officers need even more information to build better intelligence pictures on individuals or groups plotting attacks.

This comes as the threat, which remains 鈥楽evere鈥� - meaning an attack is highly likely, continues to diversify and expand. This is seen in cases where terrorists have been able to reach across the world to radicalise often vulnerable, volatile or chaotic individuals and groups, and inspire and direct them using instant and secure communications.

CNC Chief Constable Mike Griffiths said: 鈥淎s a national police force with responsibility for the armed protection of civil nuclear facilities and materials, counter-terrorism is at the heart of what the CNC do.

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp severe threat level indicates that it is highly likely that a terrorist attack could happen in the UK although it has not been raised in response to a specific threat. This campaign reminds everybody, from law enforcement to businesses to the general public that they have a role to play in keeping the UK safe from terrorism.

鈥淭his awareness campaign also asks us all to be vigilant - if you suspect it, report it. Nobody is better placed to detect something that is out of place in their communities than the people living in them.鈥�

皇冠体育app campaign will feature a dedicated website, radio advertising, as well as a podcast series for the first time. 皇冠体育app podcasts aim to give never heard before accounts of police action to protect the public. In one episode: 鈥楳ultiple Bombings鈥�, a former Special Branch officer explains the race against time to secure vital evidence right under the nose of a terrorist suspect in a highly sensitive covert operation. We also hear from a member of the public who acted on her instincts after seeing something suspicious and called police, helping detectives locate core ingredients for a massive bomb.

Anyone with any suspicions should call the confidential Anti-Terrorist Hotline on 0800 789 321.

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Published 6 March 2017