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| − | '''Operation Nicole''' is an initiative that was developed by the Lancashire Constabulary and recommended for wider use by the [[Association of Chief Police Officers]] (ACPO) is a tabletop exercise which aims to | + | '''Operation Nicole''' is an initiative (part of the [[Preventing Violent Extremism]] agenda) that was developed by the Lancashire Constabulary and recommended for wider use by the [[Association of Chief Police Officers]] (ACPO). The project is a tabletop exercise which aims to ensure the police can explain to community members how and why they have to take certain actions and decisions when confronting terrorism and terrorists. In order to best explain themselves, community members are encouraged to play police officers' roles and take part in counter-terrorism simululation exercises.<ref>[http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/violentextremism/downloads/Prevent%20Strategy%20A%20Guide%20for%20Local%20Partners%203%20June%202008.pdf The Prevent Strategy: A Guide for Local Partners in England: Stopping People from becoming or supporting Terrorists and Violent Extremists], ''HM Government'', May 2008, p. 39, accessed 24.03.10</ref> |
The official aim of the project is to: | The official aim of the project is to: | ||
<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">"give participants a better understanding | <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">"give participants a better understanding | ||
| − | of the factors that support the decision-making process from the time that information is received through to the point of planned police action. The strength of these exercises is the opportunity for communities to explore the reasoning behind the need to arrest people for terrorist offences. These exercises very clearly demonstrate the hard choices that have to be made and the care that is taken in making them. <ref>[http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/violentextremism/downloads/Prevent%20Strategy%20A%20Guide%20for%20Local%20Partners%203%20June%202008.pdf The Prevent Strategy: A Guide for Local Partners in England: Stopping People from becoming or supporting Terrorists and Violent Extremists], ''HM Government'', May 2008, accessed 24.03.10</ref></blockquote> | + | of the factors that support the decision-making process from the time that information is received through to the point of planned police action. The strength of these exercises is the opportunity for communities to explore the reasoning behind the need to arrest people for terrorist offences. These exercises very clearly demonstrate the hard choices that have to be made and the care that is taken in making them. <ref>[http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/violentextremism/downloads/Prevent%20Strategy%20A%20Guide%20for%20Local%20Partners%203%20June%202008.pdf The Prevent Strategy: A Guide for Local Partners in England: Stopping People from becoming or supporting Terrorists and Violent Extremists], ''HM Government'', May 2008, p. 39, accessed 24.03.10</ref></blockquote> |
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The [[Lokahi Foundation]], which has been involved in facilitating Operation Nicole, understands the project to be: | The [[Lokahi Foundation]], which has been involved in facilitating Operation Nicole, understands the project to be: | ||
Revision as of 16:56, 24 March 2010
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Operation Nicole is an initiative (part of the Preventing Violent Extremism agenda) that was developed by the Lancashire Constabulary and recommended for wider use by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). The project is a tabletop exercise which aims to ensure the police can explain to community members how and why they have to take certain actions and decisions when confronting terrorism and terrorists. In order to best explain themselves, community members are encouraged to play police officers' roles and take part in counter-terrorism simululation exercises.[1]
The official aim of the project is to:
"give participants a better understanding of the factors that support the decision-making process from the time that information is received through to the point of planned police action. The strength of these exercises is the opportunity for communities to explore the reasoning behind the need to arrest people for terrorist offences. These exercises very clearly demonstrate the hard choices that have to be made and the care that is taken in making them. [2]
The Lokahi Foundation, which has been involved in facilitating Operation Nicole, understands the project to be:
"a joint community/police training event generating intensive dialogue between a national police body and members of the Muslim communities. The aim is for each to understand what it feels like to be in the others’ shoes and have to take key decisions, especially when it all starts to fall apart."[3]
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Notes
- ↑ The Prevent Strategy: A Guide for Local Partners in England: Stopping People from becoming or supporting Terrorists and Violent Extremists, HM Government, May 2008, p. 39, accessed 24.03.10
- ↑ The Prevent Strategy: A Guide for Local Partners in England: Stopping People from becoming or supporting Terrorists and Violent Extremists, HM Government, May 2008, p. 39, accessed 24.03.10
- ↑ Lokahi Foundation: Case Studies, accessed 24.03.10
