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 ==National Co-ordinators Ports Policing==
-* '''Angus Bryan McIntosh''', QPM, National Co-ordinator of Port Policing with rank of Commander (Assistant Chief Constable) 1987 to 1998.ref>Select Committee on Home Affairs, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmhaff/163/16303.htm First Report: Border Controls], Parliament.UK, 23 January 2001 (accessed 23 March 2015).</ref> In 2001 he was acting as a specialist advisor to the Select Committee on Home Affairs for a number of its reports.<ref>Select Committee on Home Affairs, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmhaff/1322/132205.htm Minutes of Proceedings], Parliament.UK, 23 October 2001 (accessed 23 March 2015).</ref>
+* '''Angus Bryan McIntosh''', QPM, National Co-ordinator of Port Policing with rank of Commander (Assistant Chief Constable) 1987 to 1998.<ref>Select Committee on Home Affairs, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmhaff/163/16303.htm First Report: Border Controls], Parliament.UK, 23 January 2001 (accessed 23 March 2015).</ref> In 2001 he was acting as a specialist advisor to the Select Committee on Home Affairs for a number of its reports.<ref>Select Committee on Home Affairs, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmhaff/1322/132205.htm Minutes of Proceedings], Parliament.UK, 23 October 2001 (accessed 23 March 2015).</ref>
 * Assist. Chief Constable '''[[Frederick Newton|Frederick "Fred" Newton, QPM]]''', National Co-ordinator of Ports Policing by December 2000, on secondment to the Home Office,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/new_year_honours_2000/1092702.stm Sundry awards: Police and Fire], ''BBC News Online'', 30 December 2000 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> retiring in 2002.<ref>LinkedIn.com, [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/fred-newton/5/963/802 Fred Newton - Profile], undated (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> Prior to this, he was an officer for Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary, where he was the Senior Investigation Officer for the Lockerbie air disaster, and had been head of both CID and Special Branch for that police force. A former chair of the UK Border Agency Working Group, he founded the BorderGuard system which has since become 'e-Borders'; he was also a member of both the Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee and the Advisory Group on Counter Terrorism.<ref>[http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Fred-Newton/1827471060 Fred Newton], Zoominfo.com (website), 7 March 2013 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>
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 * ACC '''[[John Donlon|John (Frank) Donlon]]''', National Co-ordinator Ports Policing in February 2006<ref name="donlon.2">John Donlon, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmtran/191/191we29.htm Memorandum from the National Coordinator Ports Policing (NCPP) (TS 36)], Select Committee on Transport, February 2006 (accessed 6 March 2015).</ref> (though it seems he took up the post in 2005 from Thames Valley Police<ref>City Security and Resilience Networks, [http://csarn.org/28seporgrelsnr2012bios.html Speaker Bios - Organisational Resilience Conference], 2012 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>)  and January 2009.<ref>Defence Committee, [The Defence contribution to UK national security and resilience - Examination of Witnesses], Parliament.uk, 27 January 2009 (accessed 4 March 2015).</ref> He remained in his post when it is converted to  National Coordinator for PROTECT & PREPARE.<ref>[http://www.adsadvance.co.uk/vine-report-to-be-discussed-at-rusi-border-security-conference.html Vine Report to be discussed at RUSI Border Security Conference], ''Advance'', ADS Group, 29 February 2012 (accessed 3 March 2015).</ref>
-* '''[[James Douglass]]''', Deputy National Coordinator Ports Policing in June / July 2005<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xqYaUg1sXogC Harbour Protection Through Data Fusion Technologies], Elisa Shahbazian, Galina Rogova, Michael J. DeWeert (editors), 2009, Springer.</ref> and probably from May 2004; he subsequently became the Assistant National Coordinator for PROTECT & PREPARE; from March 2001 to May 2003 he had been Commander of Operations at Heathrow. <ref>LinkedIn.com, [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/james-douglass/4a/244/592 James Douglass - Profile], undated (accessed 8 March 2015).</ref>
+* '''[[James Douglass]]''', Deputy National Co-ordinator Ports Policing in June / July 2005<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xqYaUg1sXogC Harbour Protection Through Data Fusion Technologies], Elisa Shahbazian, Galina Rogova, Michael J. DeWeert (editors), 2009, Springer.</ref> and probably from May 2004; he subsequently became the Assistant National Coordinator for PROTECT & PREPARE; from March 2001 to May 2003 he had been Commander of Operations at Heathrow. <ref>LinkedIn.com, [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/james-douglass/4a/244/592 James Douglass - Profile], undated (accessed 8 March 2015).</ref>
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 and these maritime protective services groups:<ref name="donlon.2"/>
-::    —  National Maritime Security Committee (NMSC)<ref>The National Maritime Security Committee is a Department of Transport initiative, bringing industry and government together for the purposes of protective security. It is chaired / hosted by TRANSEC and was attended by John Donlon in his role as NCPP. See Defence Committee, [The Defence contribution to UK national security and resilience - Examination of Witnesses], Parliament.uk, 27 January 2009 (accessed 4 March 2015).</ref>
+::    —  National Maritime Security Committee (NMSC)<ref>The National Maritime Security Committee is a Department of Transport initiative, bringing industry and government together for the purposes of protective security. It is chaired / hosted by TRANSEC and was attended by John Donlon in his role as NCPP. See Defence Committee, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdfence/121/121.pdf The Defence contribution to UK national security and resilience - Examination of Witnesses], Parliament.uk, 27 January 2009 (accessed 4 March 2015).</ref>
 ::    —  NMSC Ports & Shipping sub groups.
 ::    —  NMSC MATRA sub group.

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−	{{Police_Unit_sidebar\|Series=Special Branch\|Name=National Co-ordinator, Ports Policing (NCPP)\|Alias=National Co-ordinator PROTECT\|Parents=[[Office for Security and Counter Terrorism]], [[Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorism and Allied Matters)]]\|SubUnits=The UK Airport Commanders Group, National Border Targeting Centre, Sea Port & International Rail Terminals Group, National Ports Analysis Centre\|Targets=Counter-Terrorism, [[Domestic Extremism]]\|Dates=1987 to 2008}}	+	{{Police_Unit_sidebar\|Series=Special Branch\|Name=National Co-ordinator, Ports Policing (NCPP)\|Alias=National Co-ordinator PROTECT\|Parents=[[Office for Security and Counter Terrorism]], [[Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorism and Allied Matters)]], [[National Co-ordinator for Special Branch]]\|SubUnits=The UK Airport Commanders Group, National Border Targeting Centre, Sea Port & International Rail Terminals Group, National Ports Analysis Centre\|Targets=Counter-Terrorism, [[Domestic Extremism]]\|Dates=1987 to 2008}}

	The '''National Co-ordinator Ports Policing''' (NCPP) was a national police position, first established in 1987.<ref name="donlon.1">John Donlon, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeucom/60/7101002.htm Memorandum by National Co-ordinator Ports Policing], Select Committee on European Union, 4 September 2007 (accessed 28 February 2015).</ref> Its responsibility was to oversee the policing of points of entry to the UK. As such it coordinated [[Special Branch]] activities at UK port and airports at a national level,<ref>Cabinet Office, [http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/nov/uk-border-review-report.pdf Security in a Global Hub: Establishing the UK's new border arrangements], November 2007 (accessed 1 March 2015).</ref> though it had no operational powers.<ref name="mpa.2003"/><ref name="donlon.2"/> Port security and the monitoring of people passing through them have long been part of the remit of Special Branch units.		The '''National Co-ordinator Ports Policing''' (NCPP) was a national police position, first established in 1987.<ref name="donlon.1">John Donlon, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeucom/60/7101002.htm Memorandum by National Co-ordinator Ports Policing], Select Committee on European Union, 4 September 2007 (accessed 28 February 2015).</ref> Its responsibility was to oversee the policing of points of entry to the UK. As such it coordinated [[Special Branch]] activities at UK port and airports at a national level,<ref>Cabinet Office, [http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/nov/uk-border-review-report.pdf Security in a Global Hub: Establishing the UK's new border arrangements], November 2007 (accessed 1 March 2015).</ref> though it had no operational powers.<ref name="mpa.2003"/><ref name="donlon.2"/> Port security and the monitoring of people passing through them have long been part of the remit of Special Branch units.

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 * '''Angus Bryan McIntosh''', QPM, National Co-ordinator of Port Policing with rank of Commander (Assistant Chief Constable) 1987 to 1998.ref>Select Committee on Home Affairs, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmhaff/163/16303.htm First Report: Border Controls], Parliament.UK, 23 January 2001 (accessed 23 March 2015).</ref> In 2001 he was acting as a specialist advisor to the Select Committee on Home Affairs for a number of its reports.<ref>Select Committee on Home Affairs, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmhaff/1322/132205.htm Minutes of Proceedings], Parliament.UK, 23 October 2001 (accessed 23 March 2015).</ref>
-* Assist. Chief Constable [[Frederick Newton|Frederick "Fred" Newton, QPM]], National Co-ordinator of Ports Policing by December 2000, on secondment to the Home Office,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/new_year_honours_2000/1092702.stm Sundry awards: Police and Fire], ''BBC News Online'', 30 December 2000 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> retiring in 2002.<ref>LinkedIn.com, [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/fred-newton/5/963/802 Fred Newton - Profile], undated (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> Prior to this, he was an officer for Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary, where he was the Senior Investigation Officer for the Lockerbie air disaster, and had been head of both CID and Special Branch for that police force. A former chair of the UK Border Agency Working Group, he founded the BorderGuard system which has since become 'e-Borders'; he was also a member of both the Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee and the Advisory Group on Counter Terrorism.<ref>[http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Fred-Newton/1827471060 Fred Newton], Zoominfo.com (website), 7 March 2013 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>
+* Assist. Chief Constable '''[[Frederick Newton|Frederick "Fred" Newton, QPM]]''', National Co-ordinator of Ports Policing by December 2000, on secondment to the Home Office,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/new_year_honours_2000/1092702.stm Sundry awards: Police and Fire], ''BBC News Online'', 30 December 2000 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> retiring in 2002.<ref>LinkedIn.com, [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/fred-newton/5/963/802 Fred Newton - Profile], undated (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> Prior to this, he was an officer for Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary, where he was the Senior Investigation Officer for the Lockerbie air disaster, and had been head of both CID and Special Branch for that police force. A former chair of the UK Border Agency Working Group, he founded the BorderGuard system which has since become 'e-Borders'; he was also a member of both the Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee and the Advisory Group on Counter Terrorism.<ref>[http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Fred-Newton/1827471060 Fred Newton], Zoominfo.com (website), 7 March 2013 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>
-* Commander [[Robert Milton (Police Officer)|Robert Milton]], National Coordinator Ports Policing - appointed at the beginning of 2003 when was seconded to the Home Office with rank of T/Commander (subsequently appointed Commander); prior to this he had served in numerous roles in the [[Metropolitan Police Special Branch]].<ref>Metropolitan Police Authority, [http://policeauthority.org/metropolitan/news/press/2003/03-092/index.htm MPA appoints new Metropolitan Police Commanders], 12 November 2003 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref><ref>He was still in position in 2005, when he was based at the Home Office at Room 1102, East Wing, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London, SW1H 9AT. Maritime Safety Committee, [http://www.sjofartsverket.se/upload/4017/80-19.pdf Relations with other organisations, Agenda 19 of 80th Session], 11 February 2005 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> He retired in 2005 to form counter-terrorism consultancy [[Milton Tezelin]] Ltd.<ref>[http://www.miltontezelin.com/ Managing Director], ''MiltonTezelin.com'', undated (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> Other senior roles included Chair of the UK Border Agency Working Group, Security Commander Metropolitan Police, Head of VIP Protection, Director of Intelligence International Terrorism, and Head of the National Terrorist Funding Unit.<ref>Bay Path University, [http://www.baypath.edu/news-and-events/events/2015/march/cj-leadership-conference Counterterrorism & Response in the 21st Century], 2015 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> As Detective Chief Superintendent he had served at MPSB alongside DCS Colin Black, both men answering to Commander [[Roger Pearce]], Director of Intelligence.<ref>Metropolitan Police, Specialist Operations Structure chart, archived by Undercover Research Project.</ref>
+* Commander '''[[Robert Milton (Police Officer)|Robert Milton]]''', National Coordinator Ports Policing - appointed at the beginning of 2003 when was seconded to the Home Office with rank of T/Commander (subsequently appointed Commander); prior to this he had served in numerous roles in the [[Metropolitan Police Special Branch]].<ref>Metropolitan Police Authority, [http://policeauthority.org/metropolitan/news/press/2003/03-092/index.htm MPA appoints new Metropolitan Police Commanders], 12 November 2003 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref><ref>He was still in position in 2005, when he was based at the Home Office at Room 1102, East Wing, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London, SW1H 9AT. Maritime Safety Committee, [http://www.sjofartsverket.se/upload/4017/80-19.pdf Relations with other organisations, Agenda 19 of 80th Session], 11 February 2005 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> He retired in 2005 to form counter-terrorism consultancy [[Milton Tezelin]] Ltd.<ref>[http://www.miltontezelin.com/ Managing Director], ''MiltonTezelin.com'', undated (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> Other senior roles included Chair of the UK Border Agency Working Group, Security Commander Metropolitan Police, Head of VIP Protection, Director of Intelligence International Terrorism, and Head of the National Terrorist Funding Unit.<ref>Bay Path University, [http://www.baypath.edu/news-and-events/events/2015/march/cj-leadership-conference Counterterrorism & Response in the 21st Century], 2015 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> As Detective Chief Superintendent he had served at MPSB alongside DCS Colin Black, both men answering to Commander [[Roger Pearce]], Director of Intelligence.<ref>Metropolitan Police, Specialist Operations Structure chart, archived by Undercover Research Project.</ref>
-* ACC [[John Donlon|John (Frank) Donlon]], National Co-ordinator Ports Policing in February 2006<ref name="donlon.2">John Donlon, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmtran/191/191we29.htm Memorandum from the National Coordinator Ports Policing (NCPP) (TS 36)], Select Committee on Transport, February 2006 (accessed 6 March 2015).</ref> (though it seems he took up the post in 2005 from Thames Valley Police<ref>City Security and Resilience Networks, [http://csarn.org/28seporgrelsnr2012bios.html Speaker Bios - Organisational Resilience Conference], 2012 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>)  and January 2009.<ref>Defence Committee, [The Defence contribution to UK national security and resilience - Examination of Witnesses], Parliament.uk, 27 January 2009 (accessed 4 March 2015).</ref> He remained in his post when it is converted to  National Coordinator for PROTECT & PREPARE.<ref>[http://www.adsadvance.co.uk/vine-report-to-be-discussed-at-rusi-border-security-conference.html Vine Report to be discussed at RUSI Border Security Conference], ''Advance'', ADS Group, 29 February 2012 (accessed 3 March 2015).</ref>
+* ACC '''[[John Donlon|John (Frank) Donlon]]''', National Co-ordinator Ports Policing in February 2006<ref name="donlon.2">John Donlon, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmtran/191/191we29.htm Memorandum from the National Coordinator Ports Policing (NCPP) (TS 36)], Select Committee on Transport, February 2006 (accessed 6 March 2015).</ref> (though it seems he took up the post in 2005 from Thames Valley Police<ref>City Security and Resilience Networks, [http://csarn.org/28seporgrelsnr2012bios.html Speaker Bios - Organisational Resilience Conference], 2012 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>)  and January 2009.<ref>Defence Committee, [The Defence contribution to UK national security and resilience - Examination of Witnesses], Parliament.uk, 27 January 2009 (accessed 4 March 2015).</ref> He remained in his post when it is converted to  National Coordinator for PROTECT & PREPARE.<ref>[http://www.adsadvance.co.uk/vine-report-to-be-discussed-at-rusi-border-security-conference.html Vine Report to be discussed at RUSI Border Security Conference], ''Advance'', ADS Group, 29 February 2012 (accessed 3 March 2015).</ref>
-* [[James Douglass]], Deputy National Coordinator Ports Policing in June / July 2005<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xqYaUg1sXogC Harbour Protection Through Data Fusion Technologies], Elisa Shahbazian, Galina Rogova, Michael J. DeWeert (editors), 2009, Springer.</ref> and probably from May 2004; he subsequently became the Assistant National Coordinator for PROTECT & PREPARE; from March 2001 to May 2003 he had been Commander of Operations at Heathrow. <ref>LinkedIn.com, [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/james-douglass/4a/244/592 James Douglass - Profile], undated (accessed 8 March 2015).</ref>
+* '''[[James Douglass]]''', Deputy National Coordinator Ports Policing in June / July 2005<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xqYaUg1sXogC Harbour Protection Through Data Fusion Technologies], Elisa Shahbazian, Galina Rogova, Michael J. DeWeert (editors), 2009, Springer.</ref> and probably from May 2004; he subsequently became the Assistant National Coordinator for PROTECT & PREPARE; from March 2001 to May 2003 he had been Commander of Operations at Heathrow. <ref>LinkedIn.com, [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/james-douglass/4a/244/592 James Douglass - Profile], undated (accessed 8 March 2015).</ref>
 ===Staff===
-* DCI [[Tony McCarthy]], spoke on behalf of the National Coordinator Ports Policing before Parliament in October 2007<ref name="euc.2008">European Union Committee, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeucom/60/60.pdf 9th Report of Session 2007-08: FRONTEX: the EU external borders agency], House of Lords, 5 March 2008 (accessed 4 March 2015).</ref> having been seconded there in 2006 from Sussex Police. A Special Branch officer,<ref>[http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2009/07/shared-responsibilities-a-national-strategy-for-the-united-kingdom-our-analysis-part-1/ Shared Responsibilities (A National Strategy for the United Kingdom) – Analysis Part 1], ThinkDefence.co.uk (blog), 2 July 2009 (accessed 7 March 2015).</ref> in 2007 he was involved in the Cabinet Office Border Review which lead to the establishment of the UK Border Agency and he was still with the Office of National Co-ordinator PROTECT in 2010<ref>Capita Conferences, [http://indymedia.org.uk/media/2010/04/449322.pdf Delegate List for Policing the Borders Conference], 23 March 2010 (accessed 8 March 2015).</ref> (though he appears to have moved on soon after).
+* DCI '''[[Tony McCarthy]]''', spoke on behalf of the National Coordinator Ports Policing before Parliament in October 2007<ref name="euc.2008">European Union Committee, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeucom/60/60.pdf 9th Report of Session 2007-08: FRONTEX: the EU external borders agency], House of Lords, 5 March 2008 (accessed 4 March 2015).</ref> having been seconded there in 2006 from Sussex Police. A Special Branch officer,<ref>[http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2009/07/shared-responsibilities-a-national-strategy-for-the-united-kingdom-our-analysis-part-1/ Shared Responsibilities (A National Strategy for the United Kingdom) – Analysis Part 1], ThinkDefence.co.uk (blog), 2 July 2009 (accessed 7 March 2015).</ref> in 2007 he was involved in the Cabinet Office Border Review which lead to the establishment of the UK Border Agency and he was still with the Office of National Co-ordinator PROTECT in 2010<ref>Capita Conferences, [http://indymedia.org.uk/media/2010/04/449322.pdf Delegate List for Policing the Borders Conference], 23 March 2010 (accessed 8 March 2015).</ref> (though he appears to have moved on soon after).
-* Supt. [[Peter Turner]], Airport Commander for Manchester International Airport, April 2004-November 2008, during which he represented the National Coordinator of Ports Policing at National Level MATRA and was Chair of the Airport Commanders Group for two years; coordinated the National Police Service response to the 2006 Independent Review of Airport Policing by Stephen Boys –Smith. Subsequently reorganised Greater Manchester Police's Professional Standards Branch, before returning in May 2013 <ref>[https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/peter-turner/36/818/21a Peter Turner - Profile], LinkedIn.com, undated (accessed 6 March 2015).</ref>
+* Supt. '''[[Peter Turner]]''', Airport Commander for Manchester International Airport, April 2004-November 2008, during which he represented the National Coordinator of Ports Policing at National Level MATRA and was Chair of the Airport Commanders Group for two years; coordinated the National Police Service response to the 2006 Independent Review of Airport Policing by Stephen Boys –Smith. Subsequently reorganised Greater Manchester Police's Professional Standards Branch, before returning in May 2013 <ref>[https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/peter-turner/36/818/21a Peter Turner - Profile], LinkedIn.com, undated (accessed 6 March 2015).</ref>
-* Insp. [[Chris Coe]]: a Metropolitan police officer who had served for 11 years in protective security at Heathrow Airport. From 2007 to October 2010, he was senior manager at the Office of the National Coordinator for Ports Policing where he was 'responsible for the coordination of policing at airports across the UK as well as for aviation security related projects'. This work included helping draft the aviation and airport security section of the Policing & Crime Act 2009 and associated guidance material, as a result of which he became the 'national police single point of contact for this legislation'. He was also a member of the UK Counter Terrorism Aviation Work Group, where he had responsibility for developing strategies on airport and aviation terrorist threats in partnership with the Home Office, TRANSEC, the Royal Air Force and the Security Services. Retired from police in October 2010 and became a consultant on airport and aviation security for [[BGP Global Services]].<ref>BGP Global Services, [http://www.bgpglobalservices.com/Chris-Coe.html Chris Coe], undated (accessed 6 March 2015).</ref>
+* Insp. '''[[Chris Coe]]''': a Metropolitan police officer who had served for 11 years in protective security at Heathrow Airport. From 2007 to October 2010, he was senior manager at the Office of the National Coordinator for Ports Policing where he was 'responsible for the coordination of policing at airports across the UK as well as for aviation security related projects'. This work included helping draft the aviation and airport security section of the Policing & Crime Act 2009 and associated guidance material, as a result of which he became the 'national police single point of contact for this legislation'. He was also a member of the UK Counter Terrorism Aviation Work Group, where he had responsibility for developing strategies on airport and aviation terrorist threats in partnership with the Home Office, TRANSEC, the Royal Air Force and the Security Services. Retired from police in October 2010 and became a consultant on airport and aviation security for [[BGP Global Services]].<ref>BGP Global Services, [http://www.bgpglobalservices.com/Chris-Coe.html Chris Coe], undated (accessed 6 March 2015).</ref>
-* [[Hugh Kelly]]: a Special Branch officer; after events of 9/11 he was seconded to Home Office to work with the National Coordinator for Special Branch Ports Security. In this role he helped organise conferences, was a point of contact for UK's ports officers, liaised with various agencies  and deputised for Coordinator at meetings in the UK and abroad.<ref name="hugh.kelly">LinkedIn.com, [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/hugh-kelly/95/b13/202 Hugh Kelly - Profile], undated (accessed 2 March 2015).</ref>
+* '''[[Hugh Kelly]]''': a Special Branch officer; after events of 9/11 he was seconded to Home Office to work with the National Coordinator for Special Branch Ports Security. In this role he helped organise conferences, was a point of contact for UK's ports officers, liaised with various agencies and deputised for Coordinator at meetings in the UK and abroad.<ref name="hugh.kelly">LinkedIn.com, [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/hugh-kelly/95/b13/202 Hugh Kelly - Profile], undated (accessed 2 March 2015).</ref>
 ===ACPO Leads===
-* [[Michael J. Todd]], Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police had 'functional responsibility' for aviation and rail in February 2006.<ref name="donlon.2"/>
+* '''[[Michael J. Todd]]''', Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police had 'functional responsibility' for aviation and rail in February 2006.<ref name="donlon.2"/>
-* [[Colin Cramphorn]], Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police and member of ACPO TAM had 'functional responsibility' for maritime issues in February 2006.<ref name="donlon.2"/>
+* '''[[Colin Cramphorn]]''', Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police and member of ACPO TAM had 'functional responsibility' for maritime issues in February 2006.<ref name="donlon.2"/>
-* [[Bernard Hogan-Howe]], APCO lead for Maritime and Air Support policing in 2008 and 2009, while he was Chief Constable of Merseyside.<ref>Defence Committee, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdfence/121/9012705.htm The Defence contribution to UK national security and resilience - Examination of Witnesses], Parliament.uk, 27 January 2009 (accessed 4 March 2015).</ref><ref>Liverpool John Moore University, [http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/mkg_global_docs/Fbernard_hogan-howe_biography_2008.doc Bernard Hogan-Howe biography], 2008 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>
+* '''[[Bernard Hogan-Howe]]''', APCO lead for Maritime and Air Support policing in 2008 and 2009, while he was Chief Constable of Merseyside.<ref>Defence Committee, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdfence/121/9012705.htm The Defence contribution to UK national security and resilience - Examination of Witnesses], Parliament.uk, 27 January 2009 (accessed 4 March 2015).</ref><ref>Liverpool John Moore University, [http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/mkg_global_docs/Fbernard_hogan-howe_biography_2008.doc Bernard Hogan-Howe biography], 2008 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>
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		+	* '''Angus Bryan McIntosh''', QPM, National Co-ordinator of Port Policing with rank of Commander (Assistant Chief Constable) 1987 to 1998.ref>Select Committee on Home Affairs, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmhaff/163/16303.htm First Report: Border Controls], Parliament.UK, 23 January 2001 (accessed 23 March 2015).</ref> In 2001 he was acting as a specialist advisor to the Select Committee on Home Affairs for a number of its reports.<ref>Select Committee on Home Affairs, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmhaff/1322/132205.htm Minutes of Proceedings], Parliament.UK, 23 October 2001 (accessed 23 March 2015).</ref>

	* Assist. Chief Constable [[Frederick Newton\|Frederick "Fred" Newton, QPM]], National Co-ordinator of Ports Policing by December 2000, on secondment to the Home Office,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/new_year_honours_2000/1092702.stm Sundry awards: Police and Fire], ''BBC News Online'', 30 December 2000 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> retiring in 2002.<ref>LinkedIn.com, [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/fred-newton/5/963/802 Fred Newton - Profile], undated (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> Prior to this, he was an officer for Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary, where he was the Senior Investigation Officer for the Lockerbie air disaster, and had been head of both CID and Special Branch for that police force. A former chair of the UK Border Agency Working Group, he founded the BorderGuard system which has since become 'e-Borders'; he was also a member of both the Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee and the Advisory Group on Counter Terrorism.<ref>[http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Fred-Newton/1827471060 Fred Newton], Zoominfo.com (website), 7 March 2013 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>		* Assist. Chief Constable [[Frederick Newton\|Frederick "Fred" Newton, QPM]], National Co-ordinator of Ports Policing by December 2000, on secondment to the Home Office,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/new_year_honours_2000/1092702.stm Sundry awards: Police and Fire], ''BBC News Online'', 30 December 2000 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> retiring in 2002.<ref>LinkedIn.com, [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/fred-newton/5/963/802 Fred Newton - Profile], undated (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref> Prior to this, he was an officer for Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary, where he was the Senior Investigation Officer for the Lockerbie air disaster, and had been head of both CID and Special Branch for that police force. A former chair of the UK Border Agency Working Group, he founded the BorderGuard system which has since become 'e-Borders'; he was also a member of both the Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee and the Advisory Group on Counter Terrorism.<ref>[http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Fred-Newton/1827471060 Fred Newton], Zoominfo.com (website), 7 March 2013 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>

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 In 2003 it was recognised that the security set up at ports was overly-complex and problematic, and beset by inter-department rivalries.<ref name="a.need.to.know"/> This lead to a shake up by the Home Office which followed recommendations set out in the 2003 HMIC Inspection, "A Need to Know". Thus, the NCPP it was moved under the control of the [[Association of Chief Police Officers]]' [[Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorism and Allied Matters)|Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee]] (APCO TAM) that year.<ref name="donlon.1"/> There it was placed in a subordinate position to the newly created National Coordinator for Special Branch, which had been established in April 2004 to deal with the of lack of co-ordination among the wider Special Branch units across the UK.<ref name="ho.response.2010">Home Department, [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228651/7788.pdf The Government Reply to the Sixth Report from the Home Affairs Committee Session 2009-10 HC 117: The Home Office's Response to Terrorist Attacks], page 11, February 2010 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>
-From there it was expanded to take into the ACPO (Ports) Portfolio - 'the protective services provided by uniformed police officers':<ref name="donlon.2"/>
+The NCPP was then expanded to take into the ACPO (Ports) Portfolio - 'the protective services provided by uniformed police officers':<ref name="donlon.2"/>
 : This was to enable an overview of all ports policing activity and ensure the co-ordination of protective services at airports, seaports and international rail terminals. Protective services include all policing functions normally undertaken by uniformed police officers in addition to their support of the National Aviation Security and National Maritime Security programmes.

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-In 2003 it was recognised that the security set up at ports was overly-complex and problematic, and beset by inter-department rivalries.<ref name="a.need.to.know"/> This lead to a shake up by the Home Office which followed recommendations set out in the 2003 HMIC Inspection, "A Need to Know". Thus, the NCPP it was moved under the control of the [[Association of Chief Police Officers]]' [[Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorism and Allied Matters)|Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee]] (APCO TAM) that year.<ref name="donlon.1"/> From there it was expanded to take into the ACPO (Ports) Portfolio - 'the protective services provided by uniformed police officers':<ref name="donlon.2"/>
+In 2003 it was recognised that the security set up at ports was overly-complex and problematic, and beset by inter-department rivalries.<ref name="a.need.to.know"/> This lead to a shake up by the Home Office which followed recommendations set out in the 2003 HMIC Inspection, "A Need to Know". Thus, the NCPP it was moved under the control of the [[Association of Chief Police Officers]]' [[Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorism and Allied Matters)|Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee]] (APCO TAM) that year.<ref name="donlon.1"/> There it was placed in a subordinate position to the newly created National Coordinator for Special Branch, which had been established in April 2004 to deal with the of lack of co-ordination among the wider Special Branch units across the UK.<ref name="ho.response.2010">Home Department, [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228651/7788.pdf The Government Reply to the Sixth Report from the Home Affairs Committee Session 2009-10 HC 117: The Home Office's Response to Terrorist Attacks], page 11, February 2010 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>
 : This was to enable an overview of all ports policing activity and ensure the co-ordination of protective services at airports, seaports and international rail terminals. Protective services include all policing functions normally undertaken by uniformed police officers in addition to their support of the National Aviation Security and National Maritime Security programmes.
-Thus the role of the NCPP exanded to:<ref name="dft.asppf"/>
+Thus by 2004, steps were taken to improve co-operation between Special Branch units, customs and uniformed officers.<ref name="a.step.ahead">Home Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/251075/6167.pdf One Step Ahead: A 21st Century Strategy to Defeat Organised Crime (Cm 6167)], March 2004 (accessed 8 March 2015).</ref> Thus the role of the NCPP exanded to:<ref name="dft.asppf"/>
 :encompass the co-ordination of both uniform and Special Branch ports policing. This covers the whole range of situations from coordinated operations at major air and sea ports to devising a small ports policing strategy.

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 The '''National Co-ordinator Ports Policing''' (NCPP) was a national police position, first established in 1987.<ref name="donlon.1">John Donlon, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeucom/60/7101002.htm Memorandum by National Co-ordinator Ports Policing], Select Committee on European Union, 4 September 2007 (accessed 28 February 2015).</ref> Its responsibility was to oversee the policing of points of entry to the UK. As such it coordinated [[Special Branch]] activities at UK port and airports at a national level,<ref>Cabinet Office, [http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/nov/uk-border-review-report.pdf Security in a Global Hub: Establishing the UK's new border arrangements], November 2007 (accessed 1 March 2015).</ref> though it had no operational powers.<ref name="mpa.2003"/><ref name="donlon.2"/> Port security and the monitoring of people passing through them have long been part of the remit of Special Branch units.
-In 2008 it was reformed as the [[National Co-ordinator Protect]],<ref name="mpa.1"/> though as with [[National Co-ordinator Special Branch]], the title seems to have been retained to cover some parts of the National Co-ordinator Protect's remit as various documents after that date continued to refer to the NCPP.
+In 2008 it was reformed as the [[National Co-ordinator Protect]],<ref name="mpa.1"/> though as with [[National Co-ordinator for Special Branch]], the title seems to have been retained to cover some parts of the National Co-ordinator Protect's remit as various documents after that date continued to refer to the NCPP.
 It is also referred to as National Coordinator for Special Branch Ports Security.<ref name="hugh.kelly"/>

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 {{Police_Unit_sidebar|Series=Special Branch|Name=National Co-ordinator, Ports Policing (NCPP)|Alias=National Co-ordinator PROTECT|Parents=[[Office for Security and Counter Terrorism]], [[Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorism and Allied Matters)]]|SubUnits=The UK Airport Commanders Group, National Border Targeting Centre, Sea Port & International Rail Terminals Group, National Ports Analysis Centre|Targets=Counter-Terrorism, [[Domestic Extremism]]|Dates=1987 to 2008}}
-The '''National Co-ordinator Ports Policing''' (NCPP) was a national police position, first established in 1987.<ref name="donlon.1">John Donlon, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeucom/60/7101002.htm Memorandum by National Co-ordinator Ports Policing], Select Committee on European Union, 4 September 2007 (accessed 28 February 2015).</ref> Its responsibility was to oversee the policing of points of entry to the UK. As such it coordinated [[Special Branch]] activities at UK port and airports at a national level,<ref>Cabinet Office, [http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/nov/uk-border-review-report.pdf Security in a Global Hub: Establishing the UK's new border arrangements], November 2007 (accessed 1 March 2015).</ref> though it had no operational powers.<ref name="mpa.2003"/><ref name="donlon.2"/> Port security and the monitoring of people passing through them have long been part of the remit of Special Branch units. In 2008 it was reformed as the [[National Co-ordinator Protect]],<ref name="mpa.1"/> though as with [[National Co-ordinator Special Branch]], the title seems to have been retained to cover some parts of the National Co-ordinator Protect's remit as various documents after that date continued to refer to the NCPP.
+The '''National Co-ordinator Ports Policing''' (NCPP) was a national police position, first established in 1987.<ref name="donlon.1">John Donlon, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeucom/60/7101002.htm Memorandum by National Co-ordinator Ports Policing], Select Committee on European Union, 4 September 2007 (accessed 28 February 2015).</ref> Its responsibility was to oversee the policing of points of entry to the UK. As such it coordinated [[Special Branch]] activities at UK port and airports at a national level,<ref>Cabinet Office, [http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/nov/uk-border-review-report.pdf Security in a Global Hub: Establishing the UK's new border arrangements], November 2007 (accessed 1 March 2015).</ref> though it had no operational powers.<ref name="mpa.2003"/><ref name="donlon.2"/> Port security and the monitoring of people passing through them have long been part of the remit of Special Branch units.
 It is also referred to as National Coordinator for Special Branch Ports Security.<ref name="hugh.kelly"/>
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 :: implementation of the ports aspects of the counter terrorism policy, port security measures, new and existing legislation as well as resolution of accommodation issues and liaison with carriers and port operators
-As a result of the 2003 HMIC Inspection, "A Need to Know", it was moved under the control of the [[Association of Chief Police Officers]]' [[Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorism and Allied Matters)|Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee]] (APCO TAM) that year.<ref name="donlon.1"/> As such it was expanded to take into the ACPO (Ports) Portfolio - 'the protective services provided by uniformed police officers':<ref name="donlon.2"/>
 : This was to enable an overview of all ports policing activity and ensure the co-ordination of protective services at airports, seaports and international rail terminals. Protective services include all policing functions normally undertaken by uniformed police officers in addition to their support of the National Aviation Security and National Maritime Security programmes.
-Thus the role of the NCPP was:<ref name="dft.asppf"/>
+Thus the role of the NCPP exanded to:<ref name="dft.asppf"/>
-:to encompass the co-ordination of both uniform and Special Branch ports policing. This covers the whole range of situations from coordinated operations at major air and sea ports to devising a small ports policing strategy.
+:encompass the co-ordination of both uniform and Special Branch ports policing. This covers the whole range of situations from coordinated operations at major air and sea ports to devising a small ports policing strategy.
-Within APCO TAM the post of NCPP as deputy to the [[National Co-ordinator of Special Branch]], who sent policy, strategy, standards and code of practice for Special Branch practice. The 2004 Special Branch Guidelines set out its role as:<ref>[http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/47171/0025036.pdf Guidelines on SPECIAL BRANCH WORK in the United Kingdom], a joint publication of the Home Office, the Scottish Executive and the Northern Ireland Office, March 2004.</ref>
+Within APCO TAM the post of NCPP as deputy to the [[National Co-ordinator for Special Branch]], who sent policy, strategy, standards and code of practice for Special Branch practice. The 2004 Special Branch Guidelines set out its role as:<ref>[http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/47171/0025036.pdf Guidelines on SPECIAL BRANCH WORK in the United Kingdom], a joint publication of the Home Office, the Scottish Executive and the Northern Ireland Office, March 2004.</ref>
 :: The National Co-ordinator of Ports Policing, a Home Office appointee, works on behalf of ACPO (TAM) and the Home Secretary to co-ordinate SB activity at ports. Primarily, this role is to satisfy the Special Branch priorities and to encourage forces to task their officers in accordance with the national requirements set by the [[ACPO TAM Advisory Group|Advisory Group]]. In order to discharge this role, the NCPP works closely with the Home Office, other border agencies, Department of Transport and Industry to ensure that both policy and operational activity controls. Uniquely, the NCPP has an inspectorate function in order to quality assure the Special Branch port response throughout the nation. The National Co-ordinator of Ports Policing reports to the National Co-ordinator of Special Branch.
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 * [[Colin Cramphorn]], Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police and member of ACPO TAM had 'functional responsibility' for maritime issues in February 2006.<ref name="donlon.2"/>
 * [[Bernard Hogan-Howe]], APCO lead for Maritime and Air Support policing in 2008 and 2009, while he was Chief Constable of Merseyside.<ref>Defence Committee, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdfence/121/9012705.htm The Defence contribution to UK national security and resilience - Examination of Witnesses], Parliament.uk, 27 January 2009 (accessed 4 March 2015).</ref><ref>Liverpool John Moore University, [http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/mkg_global_docs/Fbernard_hogan-howe_biography_2008.doc Bernard Hogan-Howe biography], 2008 (accessed 5 March 2015).</ref>
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		+	[[FILE:NCPP-structure.gif\|thumb\|300px\|Structure of ACPO Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee to various subgroups in relation to the NCPP in 2008.]]

	===Assistant National Coordinator Ports Policing (Protective Security)===		===Assistant National Coordinator Ports Policing (Protective Security)===