BTP AT Rail Live
British Transport Police’s Firearms and Dogs Unit will showcase its skills with special demonstrations at Rail Live.
BRITISH Transport Police’s Firearms and Dogs Unit will headline the action at this year’s Rail Live, at Quinton Rail Technology Centre, Long Marston, Warwickshire on June 20-21.
Event partner BTP has confirmed that it will stage a live demonstration of the detention of an armed person from a train, while serving police dogs and their handlers will also be there to greet visitors.
Retired explosive detection dog Mojo will also be in attendance, having been memorably recognised with a special award at last year’s National Rail Awards ( RAIL 837), for being first on the scene alongside PC Phil Healy following the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena on May 22.
Meanwhile, members of BTP’s Specialist Response Unit will also be on hand to showcase their specialist equipment and give an insight into how unattended packages, bags and substances are assessed for being lost property, or whether Explosive Ordnance Disposal Experts are needed.
During Rail Live, action-packed demonstrations will also be conducted by:
BTP’s Policing at Heights and Protestor Removal teams - to display the skills needed to safely remove a protestor who has trespassed onto a train roof, or protestors who may be blocking the railway, vehicles or a vulnerable site.
Railway crossing safety will be covered by BTP’s Special Constabulary, which will have one of its mobile safety vehicles on site
and open to visitors.
The BTP’s Citizens in Policing team will be able to talk visitors through its current public information campaigns, while also highlighting volunteering opportunities and the role of the Special Constabulary.
To find out more about the fascinating world of forensic
science, visitors can head to the BTP’s crime scene tent for a glimpse into the tools and methods used in the recovery of evidence from scenes of crimes and fatalities.
BTP’s Rail Advisory Service
will be available to share its wealth of knowledge and experience gleaned from being at the forefront of global railway policing for almost two centuries.
This year’s event builds on the popular plant show that has been staged at Long Marston for the past five years.
The National Rail Conference is also being staged at the event, with a high-profile line-up of confirmed speakers including Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling, and Network Rail’s Chairman Sir Peter Hendy CBE and Chief Executive Mark Carne.