Presentation on CONTEST Strategy
Presentation on preventing the radicalisation of young people on-line.
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Minutes:
The group gave consideration to an update by Chief Superintendent Manders outlining the UK Government’s counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST). He outlined that this was a statutory duty to endeavour to reduce the risk of acts of terrorism in the UK and pointed out that there were 4 main elements to the CONTEST strategy, which were:-
Prevent, Prepare,
Protect and Pursue.
He emphasised that the Prevent element was primarily a strategy for early identification of vulnerable individuals who may become targets for extremists and listed the 3 strands incorporated within Prevent. These were:-
Individuals, Institutions and Ideology.
Chief Superintendent Manders commented that Scotland was well prepared and equipped to deal with terrorist issues both in joint protocols and responding lines.
The Chair thanked Chief Superintendent Manders for his informative update.
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