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COUNTER TERRORISM
dealt with and the steps security staff should take if and tourists because of suspicions over what they
they see a suspect package. were photographing.
There followed another video montage of bombings At the airport briefing, CTSA David Randall
from Ireland to Iraq – this time set to Robbie Williams finished the session by encouraging attendees to
singing Angel. think about what was unusual, and therefore needed
A key part of any Project Griffin training is spotting reporting.
hostile reconnaissance – the intelligence gathering “The baseline is normal or usual activity – the
terrorists carry out before an attack. But there has general movement of people where you work or at
been criticism that Griffin encourages private security Another slide from the home,” he said. “What it looks like and what it
staff to start seeing a terrorist in every innocent Operation Griffin briefing. sounds like.
photographer. Officials stressed terrorist “What is unusual is what conflicts with that
According to advice from Greater Manchester threats weren’t confined to baseline. It is a sixth sense.
Police, released to The Big Issue in the North under jihadi groups “Ask yourself, what you have seen and why did it
the Freedom of Information Act, suspicious activity not feel right?”
includes: “People taking pictures or notes of the Inspector Tony Marson, who runs Project Griffin at
security measures at a building. Tourists taking the airport, said giving people the confidence to call
pictures of each other with buildings in the in suspicious activity was key.
background should be treated sensitively but also It was not just the awareness of spotting something
considered.” out of the ordinary, he emphasised, but knowing that
In the City of London, security guards and police every scrap of information could be important, and
have stopped and detained many innocent students should not be left to someone else to report.