News Visit Defra Visit the Defra website for the consultation questions; and an internal impact assessment document: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/ farm-animal-welfare/cctvin-slaughterhouses. About CESAR It stands for the Construction and Agricultural Equipment Security and Registration Scheme. Visit www. cesarscheme.org. 18 UNHAPPY ‘Metal theft and vandalism is a serious problem because stealing even just a few pounds worth of metal can leave thousands of railway passengers stranded.’ Peter Lalor, MD of VPS Site-Security. for welfare reasons: SLAUGHTERHOUSES MUST HAVE CCTV All slaughterhouses in England must have CCTV for animal welfare enforcement, Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced last month. CCTV would be required in all areas with live animals. It’s also proposed that official vets would have access to view live and stored footage; those authorised officers could check samples of CCTV footage in real time and retrospectively. Coming under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, footage would have to be kept for 90 days and accessible to the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) official veterinarians, who enforce animal welfare standards. FSA chairman Heather Hancock said: “We see CCTV as an invaluable management tool for business owners to help with Marked machine landmark At the recent Plantworx 2017 exhibition, a new Doosan DX85R-3 miniexcavator was unveiled as the 250,000th CESAR marked machine in the UK. The scheme is owned by the UK’s Construction Equipment Association (CEA), the organisers of Plantworx, as an anti-theft and recovery method for plant and agricultural equipment. CESAR was launched in 2007 to combat theft of equipment. Pictured left is Kim Dudley, Regional Manager – Northern Europe at Doosan, who was presented with a certificate marking the occasion by Kevin Howells, the CEO and MD of Datatag ID Ltd, based in Egham in Surrey, the delivery partner for CESAR. Kim Dudley said: “Since we joined the scheme in 2007, every Doosan machine sold in the UK has been SEPTEMBER 2017 PROFESSIONAL SECURITY compliance with official controls and to improve animal welfare standards across the industry.” She added that the FSA concluded last year it was time for compulsory CCTV, progress on voluntary adoption ‘having plateaued’, to about half of red meat slaughterhouses, and around 70pc of poultry. Even in a place with CCTV, key areas of welfare risk may not be covered, such as hard-to-see stunning areas, the regulator says. A consultation runs to September 21; only in England, as animal welfare policy is devolved. According to a consultation document, in May the FSA agreed a protocol with industry on limited access to live CCTV feeds. The consultation document puts cost of install at £2,500 for premises without CCTV. Official vets already have power to seize footage if a breach of regulations is suspected. p CESAR marked, providing a powerful deterrent to thieves and peace of mind for our customers. It has brought our dealers and their customers many benefits as it allows the police to quickly establish the ownership of construction equipment recovered after theft and to quickly return it to the owner. This ensures that police will more readily pursue stolen plant (knowing it can be identified) and lowers the insurance premiums our customers have to pay for their machinery.” p Tracking for travellers: International SOS and Control Risks have launched TravelTracker Incident Support. That automatically initiates communications with mobile workers who may be affected after a major incident. A consolidated report of employee status is then provided within the critical first hour, allowing managers to prioritise those most in need of help. The new service uses International SOS’ TravelTracker system, travel security alerts, and multi-modal communications powered by the software firm Everbridge. p NHS cyber toolkit It’ll take months for the NHS to come off unsupported software, and to have a ‘toolkit’ for cybersecurity, a Government response to a pair of reviews on data security has admitted. Proposals include training for staff, and a ‘communications campaign’ targeted at ‘leaders’ for taking ownership of cyber risks. A ‘redesigned Information Governance Toolkit’ is promised for April 2018, being tested in alpha and beta versions this year; it’ll cover such cyber-security bugbears as ‘dormant accounts, default passwords and multiple log-ins from the same account’. More, page 54. p TRAUMA PACKS FOR SQUARE MILE In London, Emergency Trauma Packs (ETPs) have gone into prominent buildings and business premises in the Square Mile. Each pack, estimated cost around £450, has around 40 items such as face masks, batteries, ice packs, goggles, adhesive dressings and eye pads. Location of the kits is plotted on a map so that the police control room can make use of the packs in a major incident. In July, City of London Police and the London-based guarding contractor Ultimate Security presented the packs and training to the first 35 recipients at a seminar. Landsec properties in the City were used as the pilot to show how police respond to a major incident and what injuries may need to be treated. The local government body, the City of London Corporation, also plans to equip some sites in the Square Mile with the packs. City of London Police Supt William Duffy said: “As we have seen over the recent months in which London and Manchester have been targeted by terrorists, the first aid that is administered within the first few moments following an attack can be life-saving. Due to the nature of major incidents, the public will inevitably be at the scene. If businesses and other premises have enhanced medical equipment on-site we can give people access to the tools needed to help save lives.” See also page 41. p www.professionalsecurity.co.uk
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