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皇冠体育app SIA organised the exercise in partnership with Police Scotland counter-terrorism officers, Scottish Ambulance Service and City of Edinburgh Council.

皇冠体育app training event at Shanghai Club confronted security staff with a series of real-time simulations, involving volunteer actors, of possible emergency scenarios. 皇冠体育appse included an attack with a bladed weapon, an acid attack, a suspect package and a marauding terrorist attack taking place outside the club.

Security teams from Edinburgh and the surrounding area were in attendance to observe.

Ronnie Megaughin, the SIA鈥檚 Head of Compliance and Inspections, said:

皇冠体育appse realistic scenarios are an excellent method for training security operatives and gives them an ideal opportunity to put their training to use. Security operatives may be the first people on the scene in an incident. Yesterday鈥檚 staged terror incidents enabled security operatives to take part and deal with the scenario, and then receive an instant debrief from counter-terror experts.

We know from experience that operatives, and their managers, really appreciate what they learn from these events and find them worth their while. Any of these security staff could find themselves as the first responder at a serious incident, and this exercise could literally be the difference between life and death.

John Sandlin, SIA Senior Manager Compliance and Inspections, said:

皇冠体育app main aim of exercises like this is to increase public safety in the night-time economy by working with venues and security staff. It鈥檚 also to showcase best practice by putting the Action Counters Terrorism (ACT) security e-learning package, which we鈥檝e been recommending to all SIA-licensed operatives, into practice. We鈥檙e really pleased with the commitment that all the security staff put into the exercise at the Shanghai Club.

This emergency planning exercise at the Shanghai Club continues a programme of similar exercises and follows on from events in Chesterfield, London, Glasgow and Leicester.

Further information:

• 皇冠体育app Security Industry Authority is the organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the United Kingdom, reporting to the Home Secretary under the terms of the . 皇冠体育app SIA鈥檚 main duties are the compulsory licensing of individuals undertaking designated activities and managing the voluntary Approved Contractor Scheme.
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