Perpetuity - Safer Communities & Research

Contrary to popular belief, CCTV can generate major efficiency savings. Perpetuity recently completed a short evaluation of the economic benefits of the Milton Keynes' CCTV system looking specifically at how it helped manage police resources building on work undertaken by Nick Saunders who was commissioned by the Milton Keynes Community Safety Partnership. The report highlighted a range of benefits of CCTV - many commonly ignored.

Perpetuity has recently embarked on an evaluation of violent crime in a major town centre in northern England. The evaluation will provide insights into the management of both the day time and night time economy and will assess the effectiveness of the current approach to tackling violent crime.

The Fraudster's Perspective on Fraud Conference took place on the 8th March at the Law Society in London. 94% of delegates rated it as good, very good or excellent.

Retail managers as well as security and loss managers are often required to direct or conduct internal investigations within their company. This course equips investigators with the knowledge and skills needed to carry out criminal, disciplinary and regulatory investigations. These include case planning, the investigation process, gathering and handling evidence, the management of the investigation, overt and covert techniques (including CCTV), and legal issues, report writing and learning from incidents.

Date: 8th-10th May 2007

For more information please phone Catherine on 0116 222 5550 or email training@perpetuitygroup.com

School Security is a complex and demanding challenge, as teaching staff face increased risks from threats such as violence, theft and arson. This course considers the scale and scope of the risks facing schools, and puts forward a range of techniques to increase the security of teachers and pupils as well as school property and buildings.

Date: 17th April 2007

For more information please phone Catherine on 0116 222 5550 or email training@perpetuitygroup.com

An ‘Introduction to Purchasing Security’ is co-authored by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) and Professor Martin Gill (Perpetuity). This is an output from the Security Research Initiative. This guide on purchasing from the security services sector, has been developed to alert both security services and purchasing & supply management professionals of the common aspects of good practice.

Professor Gill noted:
‘We found that security suppliers were admitting that companies were not getting the best security and a part of the reason was the way that the tendering for services was conducted. The advantage of this document is that it is combines the expertise of security professionals with that of procurers. We are using the briefing as the framework to guide practice in our own work with companies’.

Perpetuity has won a major government evaluation project. The Department for Communities and Local Government has commissioned a study that will investigate Arsonists and Arson Interventions. This will be another innovative piece of research as it will involve not only evaluating current interventions but also exploring the views of actual arsonists!