Important: Review of Security Measures in Light of Recent Southport Incident

Dear Colleague,  

Please see the following message and advice from the Scottish Government, following the horrific incident in Southport yesterday.
 
There is no intelligence to suggest that East Lothian or specific areas within the county could be affected. We would however, given the media coverage and community feedback, encourage you, your group and our teams to ensure you review y/our existing security/risk assessments and make sure that you have appropriate access and exit arrangements in place to manage y/our provision/activity and users. It is important that we ensure that we have appropriate consents in place for all users, appropriate contact details and signing in and out registers.
 
If you, your groups or users obtain any intelligence, concerns or community feedback about the incident in Southport please use the contact email addresses underneath. 

EMAIL FROM SG
Dear Prevent Leads,

I am sure you will have seen the devastating news of the incident in Southport yesterday where a 17 year old attacked a dance and yoga workshop.

This is an ongoing investigation and the motivation behind the attack is not yet clear. Local authorities may however wish to review your own risk assessments in light of this attack.

There will be a lot of strong sentiment emerging from local communities following this attack and the Home Office are feeding this into UKG Ministers to support the response.

We would be grateful if you can send us any community sentiment you are picking up to  SVT@gov.scot copying in Abi and PreventAreas@homeoffice.gov.uk inbox.

Maureen Allan  | Chief Officer
VCEL