IPO services are provided at no cost to governmental entities.
In
February 2005, the G8 Lyon-Roma/Anti-Crime and Terrorism Group, and the
Law Enforcement Projects Subgroup (LEPSG) produced a Handbook for
Crisis Prevention and Response at Major Special Events. The G8 Handbook
is intended to be of immediate assistance to G8 members in planning
security for major special events, and also potentially of assistance
to other nations that undertake to plan such events.
The
handbook incorporates expertise and best practice solutions based on a
compilation of input during the period between 2004 and 2005 and aims
to facilitate effective crisis prevention and response measures at
special events by providing a security framework which incorporates the
experience of G8 members.
The Handbook is intended as a reference document for police and
other government authorities who are in the process of preparing for
major events. It was developed based on the security demands inherent
in Summer Olympic Games and includes security issues related to crime,
terrorism, civil disorder as well as potential crises that result from
natural disasters, medical epidemics and physical catastrophes caused
by human errors.
It includes sections on Organisation
(initial planning, administration, internal outreach, command and
control), Prevention (intelligence, public order management, legal
affairs, immigration and international entry), Protection (dignitaries
and athletes, venues, infrastructure), Transport Security (aviation,
maritime transportation, ground transportation), and Incident Response
(law enforcement, consequence management and public health) although it
does not provide specific details concerning the operational
implementation of these functions.
The Handbook augments the exposure and efforts of UNICRI and encourages members to utilise the IPO platform.
IPO Experts
IPO
Experts are police and security agency personnel, both serving and
retired, and others with significant combined expertise in all aspects
of major events security planning. All are prepared to fully support
the IPO programme’s mission and values, and the network continues to grow.
IPO
Experts are either representatives nominated by national authorities or
individuals who, having expressed an interest in joining the network,
are selected by UNICRI to assists in the provision of IPO services.
IPO
now has an extensive roster of security experts and advisors with
combined experience in virtually every aspect of major event security
planning.
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