Civil Nuclear Constabulary Annual Policing Plan 2021/22 CNC protected sites in the UK Dounreay 1 (Police Scotland - Highlands and Islands Division) N Division Torness (Police Scotland - Lothian and Scottish Contents Borders Division) 1. Map of CNC sites Hunterston Hartlepool 2. Chief Constable’s foreword (Police Scotland - (Cleveland Police) Ayshire Division) 3. Our Mission, Ambition and Values Sellafield and 4. CNC Specialisms Griffin Park Tactical 5. CNC Operations Division Training Centre (Cumbria Constabulary) 6. CNC Capability Division 7. CNC Business Functions Heysham (Lancashire Police) Sizewell 8. CNC Connected (Suffolk Police) 9. CNC Diversity, Inclusivity and Wellbeing S 10. Our Strategic Goals Division 11. Annual Policing Plan Priorities 2021/22 12. CNC Plan on a Page Culham 13. CNC Performance and Governance 14. #ProudtoProtect Hinkley Point (Avon and Somerset Police) Dungeness (Kent Police) Bisley Harwell (Thames Valley Police) Civil Nuclear Police Authority, Constabulary Headquarters and Centre for Learning & Development Operational Policing Units Firearms Training Units 2 Chief Constable’s foreword The CNC is a unique armed This plan focuses on our operational police force, trained to College priorities for the year 2021/22; how of Policing standards. Our we plan to achieve them and how the Constabulary will be held to account. Simon Chesterman QPM core role is the security of the This year will again see the CNC nation’s civil nuclear material delivering its Mission and priorities [email protected] and failure to deliver this is not against the backdrop of a global Twitter: @ChestermanSimon an option. pandemic, which has changed the way our support services function and has As sworn police officers, we are proud meant our frontline has had to adapt to to be part of the wider policing family working with increased risk and virus- and we have a duty to protect the safety measures. Despite the many public, whether this is whilst performing challenges posed by Covid-19, I am our core role; patrolling the communities proud of the way we have retained our in proximity to our sites; or as part of resilience and supported our officers the national armed surge capability. As sworn police officers and staff as an organisation over the last We are accountable to the Civil Nuclear 12 months. I remain confident that the Police Authority and we are bound by we are proud to be part of ongoing health crisis will not impede our the regulatory requirements placed on ability to fulfil our critically vital national the wider policing family the civil nuclear industry by the Office of role in 2021/22. Nuclear Regulation. In order to deliver on the priorities and we have a duty to Our annual policing plan aligns with the set out in this plan, every member CNPA three-year Strategic Plan 2021/24 protect the public, whether of the Constabulary must recognise and the CNC three-year Delivery the significance of the individual Plan and was authored and agreed in this is while performing contribution they make towards us consultation with our stakeholders to set achieving our Mission to safeguard the operational direction of the CNC for our core role, patrolling nuclear material and the public from the upcoming year. acts of terrorism that threaten our way the communities around The plan reflects our ambition to be of life. recognised nationally and internationally It is only through the hard work and our sites, or as part of as the United Kingdom’s leading dedication of our police officers and organisation for the provision of police staff that enables us as a collective the national armed surge protective policing for the civil nuclear to fulfil this challenging role. industry and other critical national capability. infrastructure, and is underpinned by the Simon Chesterman QPM four Strategic Goals set out in our three- year Strategic Plan. 3 Our Mission, Key Mission components: • Maintain 24/7 armed response at civil nuclear sites Ambition • Enhance and sustain AFO deployment • Provide armed escorts for movements of nuclear material and Values • Support the Strategic Armed Policing Reserve and spontaneous surge requirements Our Mission; In partnership with the civil nuclear industry, national security agencies and regulatory bodies, the CNC will deter any attacker whose intent is the theft or sabotage of nuclear material, whether static or in transit, or the sabotage of high consequence facilities. If an attack occurs, CNC will defend that material and those facilities and deny access to them. If To be recognised nationally and material is seized or internationally as the United Kingdom’s leading organisation for the provision of high consequence protective policing for the civil nuclear industry and other critical national facilities are infrastructure compromised, the CNC will recover control of those facilities and regain custody of the material. 4 General Purpose (GP) and Explosive Firearms Commanders Detection Dogs (EDD) at our Category 1 The CNC maintains a cadre of strategic, units – Sellafield and Dounreay Operational tactical and operational firearms CNC Policing Units (OPU). The ODU supports commanders, all trained to national College the patrols strategies at both OPUs with of Policing standards. The CNC has also highly visible deter and detect capability developed a CNC incident command which allows our handlers to track, chase capability for all senior officers who are not Specialisms and detain suspected offenders as well as accredited firearms commanders. detecting explosive threats to the site. Interdiction Team Our ODU can currently deploy 13 dog Our Interdiction Team (IT) provides us handlers and 21 police dogs. The ODU with the capability to generate a mobile also has five National Dog Instructors who assault, supported by the use of ballistically deliver all dog training packages in line protected vehicles. The CNC Interdiction with approved national standards. Our team is trained to carry out increased instructors may also be licensed police dynamic movement in order to interdict dog handlers and therefore may also and mitigate any threat. keep operational police dogs, reinforcing operational resilience. National Firearms Instructors CNC National Firearms Instructors (NFIs) Dynamic Search Team have all successfully completed the National The Dynamic Search (DS) team focusses Firearms Instructors Course (NFIC) in on the national dynamic search tactic line with the national firearms curriculum, in the National Police Firearms Training which ensures that all of our NFIs meet the Curriculum. Dynamic search is the national standards. We currently have over Authorised Firearms Officers (CT) by the Force Incident Manager (FIM). overarching tactic which incorporates 160 NFIs delivering training across three We currently have over 1,100 Authorised Each operational policing unit (OPU) has dynamic entry and dynamic intervention firearms training units based at Dounreay, Firearms Officers (AFOs) who are trained a dedicated Police Control Room (PCR) or elements and equips these officers with an Griffin Park (Sellafield), and Bisley as well to the National AFO CT standard in Site Security Control Room (SSCR) with enhanced skillset. Our DS team is nationally our local/operational training teams. Our line with the National Police Firearms dedicated control room operators who interoperable and can operate with other NFIs provide tactical training, conduct Training Curriculum. CNC AFOs provide work alongside the Civilian Guard Force in regional teams where necessary. qualification shoots and classroom-based 24/7 protection to licenced nuclear delivering site control room capability. lessons for all of our AFOs. sites, employing a robust range of counter terrorism measures. We conduct Counter Drone Capability Police medics unpredictable high visibility armed patrols The CNC operates a counter drone While all of our AFOs complete general to deter and/or disrupt the activity of those capability and attend all national industry first aid training, our police medics provide with malicious intent. and policing counter drone meetings to an enhanced ability to treat victims within share and receive best practice to further a firearms situation. They receive further Command and Control Centre develop our counter drone capability as training in areas such as enhanced casualty The CNC have a well-established Command technology advances. The CNC is part of and scene management skills, enhanced and Control Centre (CCC) which delivers a a tri-force evaluation of counter drone breathing apparatus capabilities and are range of functions. The CCC ensures that technology with the Metropolitan Police available 24/7 at all of our Operational operational incidents involving the CNC Service and Sussex Police. Policing Units and training venues. are subject to effective command and control. The CCC operates from Culham Dog Unit HQ where 24x7 Initial Tactical Firearms The CNC Operational Dog Unit (ODU) Command (ITFC) capability is provided currently utilises dual handlers with both 4 Post Incident Managers learning and development to develop local Network. Our officers and staff work incidents. Our Tac-Ads align with the Our Post Incident Managers (PIMs) are all delivery plans with quality standards and with colleagues in a range of specialist national role profile and are required nationally accredited and facilitate, manage, governance in place. fields such as investigations, forensics, to maintain competence through and ensure the integrity