Policing Scotland's Terror Threat

The ScotsmanJune 27, 2006

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THE window is open in John Corrigan's surprisingly small office at Strathclyde Police headquarters in Pitt Street, Glasgow. The day is humid and there is no air conditioning. As Scotland's first counter-terrorism chief, he can expect the temperature to rise, not fall.

Corrigan, the Assistant Chief Constable, is the new public face of our nation's safety in these troubled times. He has been tasked by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, in partnership with the Scottish Executive, to oversee and co-ordinate the counter-terrorism work of agencies such as Special Branch, MI5, and the police forces in Scotland. His job is to ensure that in Scotland there is a unified, joined-up approach; to fill gaps and solve problems.

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Policing Scotland's Terror Threat

Corrigan, a church elder and a keen supporter of Kilmarnock FC says: "We are going to make sure that Scotland is at least as secure from terrorism as the rest of the UK. That is all of the bits, prevention at one end to preparing for the consequence at the other en...

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