Terrorism

Terrorism continues to be a threat throughout the UK.  The national threat level is SEVERE.  This means that a terrorist attack is highly likely.

Reducing the risk to the community from terrorist or extremist activity is a very high priority for us.

The national CONTEST strategy, followed by all UK forces, focuses on:

• Preventing terrorism, by tackling the radicalisation of individuals
• Pursuing terrorists and those that sponsor them
• Protecting the public, key national services and UK interests overseas
• Preparing for the consequences

In line with this strategy, we aim to:

• Raise awareness of threat of terrorism and extremist activity within community
• Develop and strengthen partnerships to promote safer communities
• Gather intelligence
• Detect and disrupt networks and individuals
• Monitor travel patterns to help enhance/maintain border controls
• Counter patterns of extremist activity through intervention and community reassurance

The pages in this section highlight some of the work we are doing in this area:

• Counter Terrorism Hotline
• Counter Terrorism for Business
• Counter Terrorism Courses and Initiatives
• Counter Terrorism Publications
• Counter Terrorism Useful Links
  
• Small Ports Unit
• Suspicious Sea Port Behaviour
• Suspicious Airport Behaviour
• General Aviation Procedures
• General Aviation Report
• Contact Small Ports Unit