The Department for Transport has published guidance on how to reduce the risk of your vehicles being used as a weapon.

The guidance was written to help prevent acts of terrorism and other crime.

The guidance covers:

• security culture – including pre-employment checks for staff and drivers
• site security – including vehicle access and operating centres
• vehicle security – including checking vehicles and what to do if a vehicle is taken

It also contains a top 10 list of actions for commercial vehicle drivers.

This guidance sets out straight forward steps that can help mitigate the threat of goods vehicles being used in vehicle as a weapon attacks.

As well as helping to keep the public safe by deterring would be attackers from using your fleet, following this advice will:

• help prevent acts of terrorism
• help protect your organisation’s reputation
• demonstrate your commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility
• help to improve security culture within your business
• help reduce crime

The guidance covers security measures for:

• building and embedding a positive security culture and behaviours
• personnel security
• operating centres and maintenance facilities
• transport managers and drivers
• vehicles
• general security issues

The guidance sets out simple steps Transport Operators should take to promote a good security culture in their organisation and help keep drivers, sites and vehicles secure.

Department for Transport

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