British Government Plans to Train 60,000 Workers to Look Out for Potential Terror Attacks
March 25th, 2009Statue of workers and Police officer in front of the Stasi archives, Mitte district, Berlin.
Via: Guardian:
“Today, not only the police and security and intelligence officers and our armed forces, but also the emergency services, local councils, businesses and community groups are involved in state-of-the-art civil contingency planning,” Brown said.
“Tens of thousands of men and women throughout Britain – from security guards to store managers – have now been trained and equipped to deal with an incident and know what to watch for as people go about their daily business in crowded places such as stations, airports, shopping centres and sports grounds.”