Draft Council Resolution on the creation of a European network of airport law enforcement services (AIRPOL)

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„I/A“ ITEM NOTE
From: General Secretariat
To: COREPER/Council

AIRPOL could focus on three topics, in which synergies are explored:

– AIRPORT POLICING, which is aimed at the policing in and around airports, for instance, airport crime, VIP protection, public order tactics, protection of critical infrastructure and contingency management;
– AVIATION SECURITY, which is aimed at civil aviation security, for instance, passengers engaging in unseemly behaviour, access and security checks, airport badge management and air marshals;
– AIR BORDER SECURITY, for instance, border management activities and facing the phenomenon of illegal migration; (pdf at register.consilium.europa.eu)