We work closely with police, local authorities, training providers, trade associations, industry representatives and other government agencies to ensure that individuals and companies operating within the private security industry comply with the law. Enforcement operations are an important part of this work.
Operations may be led by us or they may be led by our enforcement partners with assistance from us. In either case, they will fall into one of three basic categories:
- intelligence-led operations, which are conducted as a result of information that has been supplied to us;
- information gathering operations, which provide valuable data that we can use to target our resources effectively;
- random compliance checks, which allow us to test the assumptions on which our compliance strategy is based.
The table below provides an overview of the operations we led or assisted between 1 February 2012 and 30 April 2012.
This page is updated on a monthly basis. Last updated 10 May 2012.
| Location(s) |
Partner(s) Involved |
|
April |
Belfast
Licensed premises
12 sites |
Police Service Northern Ireland |
Burnley
Licensed premises
18 sites |
Lancashire Police and Burnley Council |
Wisbech
Licensed premises
3 sites |
SIA only |
Lewisham
Licensed premises
9 sites |
Metropolitan Police |
Sheffield
Licensed premises
3 sites |
South Yorkshire Police |
|
March |
Stratford
Shopping centre
2 sites |
SIA only |
Accrington
Licensed premises
11 sites |
Lancashire Police |
North of England
CCTV suites
9 sites |
SIA only |
Bangor and Caernarfon
Licensed premises
15 sites |
North Wales Police |
Swansea
Retail units, a job centre, shopping centres, courts and a housing options office
11 sites |
City and County of Swansea |
|
February |
Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Kensington and Chelsea, Lewisham, Southwark and Westminster
Licensed premises
72 sites |
Metropolitan Police |
Dundee, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Birmingham, West Bromwich and Brighton
Shopping centres, supermarkets, construction sites, libraries, ports, leisure parks, theatres, hospitals, museums, ports, a casino, supermarkets, banks and pubs
56 sites |
SIA only |
Llanelli
Licensed premises
10 sites |
Dyfed Powys Police |
Cookstown
Licensed premises
18 sites |
Police Service Northern Ireland |
Hackney
Licensed premises
4 sites |
Metropolitan Police |
Overview of Offences Detected:
- 18 Section 3 offences (engaging in licensable conduct without a licence).
- 64 Section 9 offences (breach of licence conditions, such as failing to display the licence, or failing to notify the SIA of a change of address or conviction).