Counter Terror Award winners announced by former Defence & Home Secretary, Lord John Reid

The winners of the second Counter Terror Awards have been announced at a ceremony in London on 5 March.

The Awards, organised by PSI and supported by Security and Counter Terror Expo (SCTX), acknowledge excellence in the global fight against terrorism.

Organisations and individuals from the UK and overseas were recognised in twenty categories for their contributions to reducing the threat of global terrorism.

The winners were announced by former Defence and Home Secretary Lord John Reid, who held seven cabinet positions between 1997 and 2010 under Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Acts of terrorism are designed to influence an audience beyond the immediate victims, and have been used throughout history to strike fear into the population. The tragic and despicable events of the early 21st Century have forced the international community to act, with increasingly sophisticated strategies and technologies now employed by organisations throughout the world.

The awards are supported by Counter Terror Business, an online information source and digital magazine.

Security and Counter Terror Expo is taking place (March 5-6) at Olympia, London. The show is dedicated to helping national and international security professionals define strategies by providing them access to the expertise, knowledge, technologies and solutions required to protect nations in the face of an ever-evolving range of threats.

The award winners:

Private Sector Contribution to Counter Terrorism Award, sponsored by Attack Insurance

Winner: Allan Burnett, Operations Director, SecuriGroup

Public Sector Contribution to Counter Terrorism Award, sponsored by Townscape

Winner: Chief Superintendent Keith Gilert, Senior Police Adviser, Defence Science and Research Laboratory

Terrorism Research Award, sponsored by Patriot One Technologies

Winner: The Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right - Tracking Neo Nazism through Music

Threat Detection Award, sponsored by Esoteric

Winner: FLIR Systems - Griffin G510

Counter Terrorism Education Project, sponsored by KNect365 Learning

Winner: TfL FORS - Counter Terrorism’ eLearning module

Counter Terror Policing Award, sponsored by Safetell

Winner: West Midlands Counter Terror Unit

Transport Security Award, sponsored by the Transported Asset Protection Association

Winner: L3 Security & Detection - CV 2

Counter Terrorism Project (International), sponsored by InformTech Plus

Winner: The Flemish Peace Institute for Project SAFTE

Counter Terrorism Project (UK/Ireland), sponsored by Dacha

Winner: Police Scotland - Security Industry Safer Scotland (CT) Group

Emergency Services Award, sponsored by BLÜCHER

Winner: Northumbria Police, Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue and North East Ambulance Service

Information Technology in Counter Terrorism, sponsored by Getac

Winner: Faculty - Propaganda detection tool

Perimeter Protection Award

Winner: Navtech Radar - AdvanceGuard

Physical Security Award

Winner: ATG Access - Surface Guard system

Cyber Security Award

Winner: Visual Management Systems - Titan Secure

Awareness Campaign

Winner: Counter Terrorism Policing UK - Communities Defeat Terrorism film

Best use of UAV Technology, sponsored by Elistair

Winner: DeTect Inc for Dronewatcher

CBRNE Product Award

Winner: Blücher - SARATOGA Protective Coverall

Communication Systems Award

Winner: Excelerate Group - eXstream

Information Sharing Award

Winner: Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre for the JTIC 2018 World Attack Index

For more information on the winning projects, organisations and individuals, click here