Police will be checking the identities of people living and working in 1,000 city centre addresses, to make sure they are not terrorists.Police will be checking the identities of people living and working in 1,000 city centre addresses, to make sure they are not terrorists.Police will be checking the identities of people living and working in 1,000 city centre addresses, to make sure they are not terrorists.
Sussex Police plan to visit thousands of residents in the area around the Brighton Centre, in the lead up to September’s Labour Party Conference.
The conference security scheme, codenamed Operation Otter, has been justified by top officers who say the steps are necessary at a time of heightened international security.
During the conference, from September 27 to October 1, police will seal off a secure ‘island site’ around the Brighton Centre, Hilton Metropole, Grand Hotel and Russell Road car park.
But residents and workers further afield will also have to prove who they are.
Police working with Brighton and Hove City Council have already sent letters to businesses and homes around the conference centre which will be affected by Operation Otter.
Officers will visit homes and ask residents to show an identity document like a passport of driving licence, as well as confirming their address with a bank statement or utility bill.
The names will then be checked against the police national computer to check whether they are wanted or suspected of terrorism.
Sussex Police plan to visit thousands of residents in the area around the Brighton Centre, in the lead up to September’s Labour Party Conference.
The conference security scheme, codenamed Operation Otter, has been justified by top officers who say the steps are necessary at a time of heightened international security.
During the conference, from September 27 to October 1, police will seal off a secure ‘island site’ around the Brighton Centre, Hilton Metropole, Grand Hotel and Russell Road car park.
But residents and workers further afield will also have to prove who they are.
Police working with Brighton and Hove City Council have already sent letters to businesses and homes around the conference centre which will be affected by Operation Otter.
Officers will visit homes and ask residents to show an identity document like a passport of driving licence, as well as confirming their address with a bank statement or utility bill.
The names will then be checked against the police national computer to check whether they are wanted or suspected of terrorism.
and then later on…
Police will also check the details of staff at firms within the vicinity of the political conference, even though they claim they have no reason to suspect Brighton will come under attack from terrorists.
Supt Wilson said: “Hosting the government during a time of international tension inevitably involves heightened security measures however we are keen to stress that there is no specific threat to the conference.”
Police to check Brighton residents one by one in anti-terror plan (From The Argus)
there taking the piss! :hopeless:
