GREATER MANCHESTER BR~TISH TRANSPORT POLICE POLICE

Interim Memorandum of Understanding

between

British Transport Police

and

Greater Manchester Police

for the policing of 'Manchester Arena'

Preamble

This interim MOU sets out policing arrangements within a specific site within the Victoria Exchange Complex, Manchester herein referred to as 'Manchester Arena' (Annex A - Map). Victoria Exchange Complex is a building owned by Network Rail.

It comprises Manchester Victoria Railway Station, an indoor entertainment venue currently known as Manchester Arena, a multi-story car park, an office block currently leased to third party organisations and go-cart track known as 'Team Sport'.

Metrolink is a light railway 'tram' system operated by Transport for Greater Manchester. Metrolink runs through Manchester Victoria Station. The policing of the Metrolink platforms within Manchester Victoria Station and associated trains is delivered by Greater Manchester Police.

For this interim MOU the term 'Manchester Arena' shall mean:

• Manchester Arena bowl and seating area; • The City Room; • Hunts Bank Steps; • Trinity Way Tunnel; • Trinity Way Roller; and • Trinity Way Glass.

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Overarching Principles

This Interim MOU is intended to be high level and focus on the key principles, there will be much more detail sitting below this describing operational and tactical matters. This detail will sit within the joint contingency plan.

This also represents an interim position dependent on any observations of the Chair of the MAI or subsequent recommendations.

The following principles are agreed between the two organisations:

1. Following correspondence between the two organisations in September 2020, the position remains that British Transport Police maintain policing primacy for the venue currently known as Manchester Arena.

2. The presumption for policing primacy in the first instance will therefore fall to British Transport Police.

3. British Transport Police in presenting to the MAI have identified 5 areas of policing in respect of the arena: • Day to day policing; • Event policing; • The provision of CTSA advice; • Contingency planning; and • Responding to a terrorist attack.

Day to Day policing

4. In relation to day to day policing, this will, in its entirety, remain with British Transport Police.

5. Greater Manchester Police will support British Transport Police in day to day policing of Manchester Arena when requested to do so.

Event Policing

6. British Transport Police will lead on event planning for policing operations regarding Manchester Arena. British Transport Police will be responsible for liaising with key stakeholders including (but not necessarily limited to) SMG, Greater Manchester Police and Manchester City Council in planning processes. During the planning process British Transport Police will also gather information and intelligence from Network Rail and the primary train operating company for Manchester Victoria.

7. Greater Manchester Police will attend the planning meetings for events at Manchester Arena. Where British Transport Police have categorised the

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event as Red or Red Plus (Annex A) or where events are more likely to have an impact on the wider City of Manchester and consequently the joint policing response requires consideration, British Transport Police must instigate a discussion with Greater Manchester Police to consider a joint planning meeting between both forces for a wider policing operation. This will be the responsibility of British Transport Police's Chief Inspector Operations - C Division to engage with the Chief Inspector at GMP's Specialist Operations Planning Unit. The decision for not holding a joint planning meeting in such circumstances must be fully recorded by British Transport Police and shared with Greater Manchester Police.

8. British Transport Police and Greater Manchester Police must be represented at the planning meetings for Manchester Arena by an officer holding at least the rank of Inspector. Where a joint planning meeting is convened between both forces for a wider policing operation, each force must be represented by an officer holding at least the rank of Chief Inspector or a Public Order Public Safety Silver Commander who is operationally competent in line with the College of Policing standard to represent each organisation effectively.

9. For events that are categorised Green or Amber (Annex B), British Transport Police will share with Greater Manchester Police any information or intelligence, in their possession, that may have an impact outside of the event. Greater Manchester Police will share with British Transport Police any information or intelligence relevant to Manchester Arena.

Provision of CTSA Adviser

10. Greater Manchester Police (Counter Terrorism Policing North West) and British Transport Police will deploy their CTSAs to the Arena jointly and the provision of this advice will be jointly shared with SMG regarding the PSIA for Manchester Arena.

Contingency planning and responding to a terrorist attack or major incident

11. British Transport Police and Greater Manchester Police will jointly draft the contingency plan for the Arena and station in conjunction with partner organisations within the complex.

12. British Transport Police and Greater Manchester Police will jointly exercise and test the contingency plan once a year.

13. Where a terrorist incident is suspected but not yet formally declared the default position is that Counter Terrorism Policing will have primacy.

14. British Transport Police and Greater Manchester Police recognise that that in both a Terrorist Incident and a Major Incident, both organisations will

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respond. British Transport Police may well have officers at the location whilst Greater Manchester Police are most likely to be the first responders called via the 999 system which British Transport Police do not have.

15. Both organisations recognise the need to deploy in line with Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP) and will ensure first responders and commanders are operationally competent with this requirement.

16. Recognising that in these circumstances both organisations will provide an immediate response, in terms of primacy for a Major Incident both organisations agree that the default position will be Greater Manchester Police taking command.

17. This agreement simply recognises how the response to a Major Incident or Terrorist Attack will evolve and is intended to provide clarity to senior staff in, for example, control rooms and commanders who will be charged with coordinating the response.

18. Whilst this will provide guidance to senior colleagues and therefore operational benefit in the first few hours of a major incident, any assumption on command of a Major Incident will be subject to urgent discussion between the on-call Gold Commanders between both organisations who will determine which organisation is best placed to have primacy. This position reinforces the third JESIP Principle regarding Co-ordinate by agreeing the lead service.

For British Transport Police: 1---sig-natiire--1 ' . i-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·--~ Sean O'Callaghan Assistant Chief Constable

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Nick Bailey Assistant Chief Constable

Dated: 17/03/21

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Annex A - Manchester Arena within Manchester Victoria Complex

Manchester Victoria - Arena Map.pdf

Annex B - BTP Event Colour Coding

In planning for the policing of an event at Manchester Arena, British Transport Police apply a colour coding to each event.

Expected Ticket Sales Less than 10,000 Green Known information or None known which influences the event Event intelligence Command I Tasked Police Sergeant in attendance Supervision Resource Assumption r.?.~10fficers dedicated to the event

Expected Ticket Sales Less than 10,000 Amber Known information or Information or intelligence available which influences Event intelligence the event plan Command I Event Commander Supervision Resource Assumption i-os!Officers dedicated to the event

Expected Ticket Sales More than 10,000 Red Known information or None known which influences the event Event intelligence Command I Event Commander Supervision Resource Assumption ios-!Officers dedicated to the event '·-·-·i Support from E Division Specialist Operations (Options include armed policing, dogs, behavioural detection officers)

Expected Ticket Sales More than 10,000 Red Known information or Information or intelligence available which influences Plus intelligence the event plan Event Command I Full POPS GSB Supervision Resource Assumption Service Level Agreement Staffing supported by Support from E Division Specialist Operations (Options include armed policing, dogs, behavioural

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I detection officers)

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