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 ==Police Career==
 Power worked with the [[Metropolitan Police]] from 1971 until 1990. During his service, he was a sergeant with the [[Special Patrol Group]], which became a focus for complaints about police tactics during the 1981 [[Brixton Riots]].<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4894866.stm Brixton ablaze: 25 years on], 10 April 2006, (accessed 3 November 2010). </ref> He was later seconded to the [[Anti Terrorist Branch]] and was the deputy forward control coordinator at the [[Libyan People's Bureau]] siege in 1984, and 'led the team behind the existing police street philosophy for dealing with terrorist bombs.'<ref> Visor Consulting, [http://www.visorconsultants.com/businesscontinuityteam.htm Peter Power, Managing Director], accessed 3 November 2010. </ref>
-Power also coordinated the emergency services efforts at the [[Kings Cross Fire]] in November 1987, in which 27 people died. <ref> Peter Power [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/november/18/newsid_3267000/3267833.stm Witness], BBC News, 18 November 2005. </ref> In 1990, he as Superintendent, whilst under suspension for a unknown 'internal'  disciplinary matter.<ref>Paul Thomas,''Dorset Echo'' Police chief faces inquiry, 23 April 1993 (accessed 10 March 2020).</ref>
+Power also coordinated the emergency services efforts at the [[Kings Cross Fire]] in November 1987, in which 27 people died. <ref> Peter Power [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/november/18/newsid_3267000/3267833.stm Witness], BBC News, 18 November 2005. </ref> In 1990, he joined Dorset Police but retired three years later as a Superintendent, whilst under suspension for a unknown 'internal'  disciplinary matter.<ref>Paul Thomas,''Dorset Echo'' Police chief faces inquiry, 23 April 1993 (accessed 10 March 2020).</ref>
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 ==Police Career==
 Power worked with the [[Metropolitan Police]] from 1971 until 1990. During his service, he was a sergeant with the [[Special Patrol Group]], which became a focus for complaints about police tactics during the 1981 [[Brixton Riots]].<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4894866.stm Brixton ablaze: 25 years on], 10 April 2006, (accessed 3 November 2010). </ref> He was later seconded to the [[Anti Terrorist Branch]] and was the deputy forward control coordinator at the [[Libyan People's Bureau]] siege in 1984, and 'led the team behind the existing police street philosophy for dealing with terrorist bombs.'<ref> Visor Consulting, [http://www.visorconsultants.com/businesscontinuityteam.htm Peter Power, Managing Director], accessed 3 November 2010. </ref>
-Power also coordinated the emergency services efforts at the [[Kings Cross Fire]] in November 1987, in which 27 people died. <ref> Peter Power [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/november/18/newsid_3267000/3267833.stm Witness], BBC News, 18 November 2005. </ref> In 1990, he joined Dorset Police where he retired in ill health grounds as a Superintendent, whilst under suspension for a unknown 'internal'  disciplinary matter.<ref>Paul Thomas,''Dorset Echo'' Police chief faces inquiry, 23 April 1993 (accessed 10 March 2020).</ref>
+Power also coordinated the emergency services efforts at the [[Kings Cross Fire]] in November 1987, in which 27 people died. <ref> Peter Power [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/november/18/newsid_3267000/3267833.stm Witness], BBC News, 18 November 2005. </ref> In 1990, he as Superintendent, whilst under suspension for a unknown 'internal'  disciplinary matter.<ref>Paul Thomas,''Dorset Echo'' Police chief faces inquiry, 23 April 1993 (accessed 10 March 2020).</ref>
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 ==Police Career==
 Power worked with the [[Metropolitan Police]] from 1971 until 1990. During his service, he was a sergeant with the [[Special Patrol Group]], which became a focus for complaints about police tactics during the 1981 [[Brixton Riots]].<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4894866.stm Brixton ablaze: 25 years on], 10 April 2006, (accessed 3 November 2010). </ref> He was later seconded to the [[Anti Terrorist Branch]] and was the deputy forward control coordinator at the [[Libyan People's Bureau]] siege in 1984, and 'led the team behind the existing police street philosophy for dealing with terrorist bombs.'<ref> Visor Consulting, [http://www.visorconsultants.com/businesscontinuityteam.htm Peter Power, Managing Director], accessed 3 November 2010. </ref>
-Power also coordinated the emergency services efforts at the [[Kings Cross Fire]] in November 1987, in which 27 people died. <ref> Peter Power [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/november/18/newsid_3267000/3267833.stm Witness], BBC News, 18 November 2005. </ref> In 1990, he joined Dorset Police where he retired in ill health grounds as a Superintendent, whilst under suspension for a unknown 'internal'  disciplinary matter.<ref>Paul Thomas,''Dorset Echo'' Police chief faces inquiry, 23 April 1993 (accessed 10 March 2020).<ref/>
+Power also coordinated the emergency services efforts at the [[Kings Cross Fire]] in November 1987, in which 27 people died. <ref> Peter Power [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/november/18/newsid_3267000/3267833.stm Witness], BBC News, 18 November 2005. </ref> In 1990, he joined Dorset Police where he retired in ill health grounds as a Superintendent, whilst under suspension for a unknown 'internal'  disciplinary matter.<ref>Paul Thomas,''Dorset Echo'' Police chief faces inquiry, 23 April 1993 (accessed 10 March 2020).</ref>
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 Visor Consultants worked to prepare organisations for risks and threats they might face.  According to Workplace Law Network it uses scenario-based exercises to prepare as well as crisis management and business continuity workshops, corporate resilience courses and motivation sessions. <ref>Workplace Law Network http://www.workplacelaw.net/profiles/affiliate/id/68 accessed 14 February 2008</ref>
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+==Police Career==
-Power worked with the [[Metropolitan Police]] from 1971 until 1990 and then [[Dorset Police]] until 1993. During his service, he was a sergeant with the [[Special Patrol Group]], which became a focus for complaints about police tactics during the 1981 [[Brixton Riots]].<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4894866.stm Brixton ablaze: 25 years on], 10 April 2006, accessed 3 November 2010. </ref> He was later seconded to the [[Anti Terrorist Branch]] and was the deputy forward control coordinator at the [[Libyan People's Bureau]] siege in 1984, and 'led the team behind the existing police street philosophy for dealing with terrorist bombs.'<ref> Visor Consulting, [http://www.visorconsultants.com/businesscontinuityteam.htm Peter Power, Managing Director], accessed 3 November 2010. </ref>
+Power worked with the [[Metropolitan Police]] from 1971 until 1990. During his service, he was a sergeant with the [[Special Patrol Group]], which became a focus for complaints about police tactics during the 1981 [[Brixton Riots]].<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4894866.stm Brixton ablaze: 25 years on], 10 April 2006, (accessed 3 November 2010). </ref> He was later seconded to the [[Anti Terrorist Branch]] and was the deputy forward control coordinator at the [[Libyan People's Bureau]] siege in 1984, and 'led the team behind the existing police street philosophy for dealing with terrorist bombs.'<ref> Visor Consulting, [http://www.visorconsultants.com/businesscontinuityteam.htm Peter Power, Managing Director], accessed 3 November 2010. </ref>
-Power also coordinated the emergency services efforts at the [[Kings Cross Fire]] in November 1987, in which 27 people died. <ref> Peter Power [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/november/18/newsid_3267000/3267833.stm Witness], BBC News, 18 November 2005. </ref>
+Power also coordinated the emergency services efforts at the [[Kings Cross Fire]] in November 1987, in which 27 people died. <ref> Peter Power [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/november/18/newsid_3267000/3267833.stm Witness], BBC News, 18 November 2005. </ref> In 1990, he joined Dorset Police where he retired in ill health grounds as a Superintendent, whilst under suspension for a unknown 'internal'  disciplinary matter.<ref>Paul Thomas,''Dorset Echo'' Police chief faces inquiry, 23 April 1993 (accessed 10 March 2020).<ref/>
 ==Terror expert==

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 [[Image:Thumbnail.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Peter Power]]Peter Power, a former Scotland Yard police officer and Dorset police .He was Managing Director of [[Visor Consultants Limited]] between 1995 and 2019.<ref name="CompHouse">[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06497980/filing-history Visor Consulting] no date, (accessed 10 March 2020).</ref>
-Visor Consultants works to prepare organisations for risks and threats they might face.  According to Workplace Law Network it uses scenario-based exercises to prepare as well as crisis management and business continuity workshops, corporate resilience courses and motivation sessions. <ref>Workplace Law Network http://www.workplacelaw.net/profiles/affiliate/id/68 accessed 14 February 2008</ref>
+Visor Consultants worked to prepare organisations for risks and threats they might face.  According to Workplace Law Network it uses scenario-based exercises to prepare as well as crisis management and business continuity workshops, corporate resilience courses and motivation sessions. <ref>Workplace Law Network http://www.workplacelaw.net/profiles/affiliate/id/68 accessed 14 February 2008</ref>
 ==Background==

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−	[[Image:Thumbnail.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Peter Power]]Peter Power, a former Scotland Yard police officer and Dorset police .He ~~has been~~ Managing Director of [[Visor Consultants Limited]] ~~since~~ 1995.	+	[[Image:Thumbnail.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Peter Power]]Peter Power, a former Scotland Yard police officer and Dorset police .He was Managing Director of [[Visor Consultants Limited]] between 1995 and 2019.<ref name="CompHouse">[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06497980/filing-history Visor Consulting] no date, (accessed 10 March 2020).</ref>

	Visor Consultants works to prepare organisations for risks and threats they might face. According to Workplace Law Network it uses scenario-based exercises to prepare as well as crisis management and business continuity workshops, corporate resilience courses and motivation sessions. <ref>Workplace Law Network http://www.workplacelaw.net/profiles/affiliate/id/68 accessed 14 February 2008</ref>		Visor Consultants works to prepare organisations for risks and threats they might face. According to Workplace Law Network it uses scenario-based exercises to prepare as well as crisis management and business continuity workshops, corporate resilience courses and motivation sessions. <ref>Workplace Law Network http://www.workplacelaw.net/profiles/affiliate/id/68 accessed 14 February 2008</ref>

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 :Power was quoted as saying "At half past nine this morning we were actually running an exercise for a company of over a thousand people in London based on simultaneous bombs going off precisely at the railway stations where it happened this morning, so I still have the hairs on the back of my neck standing up right now"<ref>Prison Planet http://prisonplanet.com/Pages/Jul05/160705web_of_deceit.html accessed 14 February 2008</ref>
-Power's admission was cited by some groups as evidence of the UK government's involvement in a cover-up of the 7/7 bombings. In 2008 Power posted a response to a blog on the [[J7 Truth Campaign]]'s website questioning the coincidence of the terror rehearsals. He named the client who had commissioned the terror drill and gave an overview of the day's events.
+Power's admission was cited by some conspiracy groups as evidence of the UK government's involvement in a cover-up of the 7/7 bombings. In 2008 Power posted a response to a blog on the [[J7 Truth Campaign]]'s website pointing out that the coincidence of the terror rehearsals was not all that suprising.
 :"Early in 2005 [[Reed Elsevier]], an organisation specialising in information and publishing that employs 1000 people in and around London, asked us to help them prepare an effective crisis management plan and rehearse it before sign-off. Several draft scenarios were drawn up and the crisis team themselves set the exercise date and time: 9.00am on 7 July."
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 :The test was planned as a table-top walk through for about six people (the CM team) in a lecture room with all injects simulated. Everything was on MS PowerPoint. The location of their Central London office near to Chancery Lane was chosen as one test site. With many staff travelling to work via the London underground system, the chosen exercise simulated incendiary devices on three trains, very similar to a real IRA attack in 1992, as well as other events.
-:As there had been eighteen terrorist bomb attacks on tube trains prior to 2005, choosing the London Underground was logical rather than just prescient. With this in mind it was hardly surprising that [[Deutsche Bank]] had run a similar exercise a few days before and, prior to that, a multi-agency (and much publicised) exercise code-named [[Osiris II]] had simulated a terrorist attack at Bank tube station. Moreover, I had also taken part in a BBC Panorama programme in 2004 as a panellist alongside [[Michael Portillo]] MP et al, in an unscripted debate (we had no idea at all what the scenario was to be?) on how London might once again, deal with terrorist attacks, only this time it was fictional (created entirely by the BBC).
+:As there had been eighteen terrorist bomb attacks on tube trains prior to 2005, choosing the London Underground was logical rather than just prescient. With this in mind it was hardly surprising that [[Deutsche Bank]] had run a similar exercise a few days before and, prior to that, a multi-agency (and much publicised) exercise code-named [[Osiris II]] had simulated a terrorist attack at Bank tube station. Moreover, I had also taken part in a BBC Panorama programme in 2004 as a panelist alongside [[Michael Portillo]] MP et al, in an unscripted debate (we had no idea at all what the scenario was to be?) on how London might once again, deal with terrorist attacks, only this time it was fictional (created entirely by the BBC).
 :In short, some of the research for our exercise had already been done. The scenario developed for our client even started by using fictitious news items from the..<ref> July 7th Independent People's Inquiry Forum,[http://z13.invisionfree.com/julyseventh/index.php?s=ed023ae59502f7f44f02be3f49adbe9c&showtopic=350&st=196&#entry14733746 Peter Power / Visor Drill on July 7th, 'an exercise involving mock broadcasts'],P Power, Homepage, 09.30.08, 10:13am, accessed 3 November 2010. </ref>[?] Panorama programme then, as with any walk through exercise, events unfolded solely on a screen as dictated by the facilitator without any external injects or actions beyond the exercise room. Also factored into the scenario was to be an above ground fictitious bomb exploding not far from the head office of the protected Jewish Chronicle magazine where for exercise purposes, our imagined terrorists would have been aware that commuters would now be walking to work (past a building already considered a target) as some tube stations would have been closed.

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−	[[Image:Thumbnail.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Peter Power]]Peter Power, a former Scotland Yard ~~official,~~ has been Managing Director of [[Visor Consultants Limited]] since 1995.	+	[[Image:Thumbnail.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Peter Power]]Peter Power, a former Scotland Yard police officer and Dorset police .He has been Managing Director of [[Visor Consultants Limited]] since 1995.

	Visor Consultants works to prepare organisations for risks and threats they might face. According to Workplace Law Network it uses scenario-based exercises to prepare as well as crisis management and business continuity workshops, corporate resilience courses and motivation sessions. <ref>Workplace Law Network http://www.workplacelaw.net/profiles/affiliate/id/68 accessed 14 February 2008</ref>		Visor Consultants works to prepare organisations for risks and threats they might face. According to Workplace Law Network it uses scenario-based exercises to prepare as well as crisis management and business continuity workshops, corporate resilience courses and motivation sessions. <ref>Workplace Law Network http://www.workplacelaw.net/profiles/affiliate/id/68 accessed 14 February 2008</ref>

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 Power has appeared regularly on television and radio news programmes in connection with terrorism and security items. Between 2000 and 2007 he was mentioned as a terror expert in 119 articles according to an analysis of 'major world newspapers' by David Miller and Tom Mills. <ref> David and Mills, Tom(2009) 'The terror experts and the mainstream media: the expert nexus and its dominance in the news media', Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2: 3, 414 — 437 </ref>
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+==7/7 London Bombings terror drill: unfounded conspiracy theory==
 On 7th July 2005, the day of the [[London bombings]], Peter Power was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Drive Time show. Listen to [http://www.julyseventh.co.uk/media/r5.live.peter.power.exercise.mp3 Peter Power's Radio 5 Live Drivetime Interview] <ref> MP3 of BBC Radio 5 Live interview available at: http://www.julyseventh.co.uk/media/r5.live.peter.power.exercise.mp3, accessed 3 November 2010. </ref>