This year NaCTSO and Avon and Somerset police will host another Euro Protect conference between April 4 and 8 in Bristol.
The first Euro-Protect Conference was a joint venture between the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) and Avon and Somerset Police. The event sought to address the key challenge of how we protect Europe form the threat of terrorism, through partnership with the commercial and private sectors.
Further events were planned as a result of feedback from conference delegates, the first of which was a Hostile Vehicle Mitigation Course in 2009. Again this was jointly hosted by NaCTSO and Avon and Somerset Constabulary. Counter terrorism practitioners from 17 European Community member states attended.
Following the Hostile Vehicle Mitigation Course at HOSDB, NaCTSO and Avon and Somerset held another Counter Terrorism Protective Security Course for practitioners, in late 2009. The aim was to provide delegates, with a toolkit of skills to enable them to deliver counter terrorist security advice.
The training is intended for counter terrorist practitioners and will give practical guidance on how to identify vulnerabilities at key locations, how to survey sites and deliver structured and risk commensurate protective security advice. For contact details visit –
