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NEWS:
BTP PRAISED FOR EFFECTIVE POLICING OF SOUTHEND
FESTIVAL OF THE AIR NOTICE:
POTENTIAL BONE
MARROW DONORS – CAN YOU HELP THE ANTHONY NOLAN
TRUST? BTP
praised for effective policing of Southend Festival of the
Air The
Southend Festival of the Air show took place on Sunday 24 and Monday 25
May 2009. The event is located on the sea-front and attracts up to 100,000
visitors with air displays such as the Red Arrows and static ground
displays. BTP
provided a policing presence at Southend Central, Southend Victoria and
Westcliffe stations in support of c2c, National Express and Essex Police.
This year,
due to the sunny weather, it was the busiest the event has been in the
last five years. As a result, there was a dramatic increase in the number
of passengers using the railways. Chief
Inspector Jason Bunyard and his team provided the majority of the
resources, with officers attending from Julian
Drury, c2c Managing Director, has since contacted the Area Commander to
express his thanks to the Area for the hard work and policing organisation
seen at the event. He said:
“We were lucky with the weather but this meant that we faced a large
organisational challenge. Nonetheless, everything went to plan and despite
the numbers and the summer temperatures – the festival ran like clockwork.
“Over the
two days 28,500 passengers used the c2c service, travelling to and from
Southend. This is the same number of passengers in comparison to our
peak-time “I have
thanked Jason for providing an effective and efficient policing service.
BTP’s presence helped make sure that people behaved well and went home
quietly,” added Julian Drury. Chief Insp
Bunyard, who had overall responsibility for the BTP policing presence over
the two days, said that through working in partnership with both c2c and
Essex Police, BTP was able to ensure that members of the public were able
to attend the event in safety. He added:
“Although some people had consumed a large amount of alcohol we made sure
that the opportunity for disorder and antisocial behaviour was kept to a
minimum. “I was
extremely impressed with those officers working with me, who, despite the
long hours, remained professional throughout and dealt with all incidents
in an effective and proactive manner.” Potential
bone marrow donors – can you help the Anthony Nolan Trust?
The
Anthony Nolan Trust and British Transport Police are launching an appeal
to encourage all employees to register as potential bone marrow donors in
a bid to help save the life of one of the thousands of patients currently
looking for a match. Every
21 minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with a potentially life
threatening disorder – e.g. Leukemia or plastic anemia – where often the
only chance of a full cure is to have a bone marrow transplant.
Fewer
than 30 per cent of these patients will find a family member with
compatible blood stem cells to donate. For the rest – an unrelated donor
is the only chance. The
Anthony Nolan Trust is working with BTP to raise awareness surrounding the
need for more bone marrow donors and has set up a special
event. If
you wish to register as a potential lifesaver and find out more about The
Anthony Nolan Trust please come along to Force
Headquarters on Friday 19 June from
12pm to 3pm Lynsey
Dickson, from the Anthony Nolan Trust, said: "There are currently 16,000
patients seeking a suitable bone marrow donor. Therefore, we are urging
all BTP employees aged 18 to 40 who are in good health to register and
potentially help change a life of someone who is ill.
“We are
looking forward to working together with BTP on this campaign and we are
very grateful for their help and support in our life saving
work” For more
information please contact Derek Reale, FHQ Welfare Officer, at:
07921943853 or derek.reale@btp.pnn.police.uk.
As a result
of the Force’s ‘Frontline First’ policy and the realignment of resources
within the Force’s Criminal Justice Unit structure, a
restructuring programme has recently been completed in respect of the
previously named ‘Area Justice Unit’. This has
seen a number of changes which have impacted across London North. A
significant change is the function of the ‘Evidential Review Officer’,
which was previously undertaken within the pre existing AJU. This has now
been delegated to all First Line Supervisors.
All crime
files and case papers, once evidentially reviewed, are now submitted
straight to the Criminal Justice Unit. The
re-named Area Support Unit, under Alan Jackson’s management, still
performs a number of relevant and significant functions. Full details, in
this regard, are posted on the
Detective
Inspector Dave Aiton said: “The ASU provides extremely valuable and
significant administrative support for London North officers and staff.
“The unit’s
remit has recently been extended to incorporate bail and summons
progression enquiries. In this regard, some commendably diligent work by
Lynne Smith and Laura Williams has already resulted in tangible progress
being made in this area, with over 30 previously unrecorded offence
detections being identified. “The unit’s
typists also provided excellent interview transcription support in
relation to Operation Cook, the Area’s recent successful investigation and
prosecution of an organised gang of Australian graffiti
vandals.” The
relevant contact number for the unit are: Lynne Smith
– 0207 391 8248 Alan
Jackson – 0207 391 8246 Alternatively,
email “LN-ASU” or “LN-PND- Gatekeepers” (in relation to any PND
queries). Cambridge
officers attend School Safety Zone Days On Thursday
7 and Friday 8 May Officers from BTP Cambridge attended the Babraham
Institute where schools from The two-day
event focused on educating school children on how to be safe and what to
do in an emergency situation. 250 pupils
from a number of infant and primary schools were given talks from the
Cambridgeshire Fire Service, Cambridgeshire Police, Environment Agency,
Trading Standards, St Johns Ambulance, Environmental Health,
Cambridgeshire County Council Road Safety Project and British Transport
Police. PC Paul
Gray, PCSO Coordinator, and PCSOs John Philpott, Lynn O'Brien and Jane
Ambrose gave presentations on behalf of BTP. They gave the children safety
advice on rail and level crossings and trespassing on the railway lines.
PC Gray
said: “The event was well-attended and the kids were really interested in
what the BTP do. They retold stories of what their parents had done at
level crossings and enjoyed pointing out which miniature models were
committing trespass offences on our model train set.
“ “All the
children were given a goody bag of leaflets, pens and magazines to
reinforce the message to their friends and family,” added PC
Gray. Transport
Benevolent Fund – here to help you The
Transport Benevolent Fund (TBF) is a registered charity that works to
benefit anyone who works in public transport – including the
BTP. TBF is
supported by all the major transport group and trade unions and Lew Adams,
of the BTPA, is one of the patrons TBF offers
a number of services that can benefit you as a BTP employee. This can
include: legal advice, complimentary medical treatments, welfare advice,
bereavement benefit and physiotherapy
sessions. The fund’s
main aim is to help keep you at work and to ease your worries. All these
benefits are available to you for £1 a week. The local
contact is Lee Adams and he can be contacted at: lee@tbf.org.uk, 07545
208378 For more
information on TBF please click here. Is
your vehicle out of service? Then disable the
radio! From Monday
1 June, radios in vehicles that have taken out of service – must be
disabled. All BTP’s
Airwave radios are provided under licence from the Home Office and it is a
licence condition that all radios in vehicles must be disabled when the
vehicle is out of service. “Airwave is
a digital encrypted system, so it is very important that access to the
network is strictly regulated,” says Steve Lumley, Airwave Tactical
Advisor from the FHQ Communications Team. “Whenever a
vehicle is taken out of service, either permanently for decommissioning or
temporarily for service, maintenance or repair, the radio must be
disabled. “This
applies to any vehicles taken out of service for any reason, where they
are out of BTP control. If you hand the keys to a third party,
ensure the radio is disabled.” Radios can
be disabled by contacting one of the Force Control
Rooms Business
travel SOP – revised changes The
Business Travel and Expenses Standard Operating Procedure was revised by
FHQ in January 2009 and will be in operation till Jan
2011. The SOP
provides guidance for staff booking or going on business
travel. Please make
sure you are familiar with the revised changes. You can find a link to the
document by clicking here.
Please
can line managers check and make sure that all their officers, PCSOs or
members of staff are receiving LN Weekly. LN
Weekly is an effective communications tool for the benefit of all BTP
employees and everyone should be receiving the weekly
notification. Please
send contact information to Steven Fifer so that he
can update the mailing list.
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