Royalty and Diplomatic protection Department

Royalty Protection is divided into two parts: the Royal Palaces Division, dates back to 1839 and is responsible, for policing the royal residences of Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, St James’s Palace and Windsor Castle. In Scotland the section is responsible during periods of royal residence, for Balmoral Castle and Holyrood House. The other part of Royalty Protection is responsible for the personal protection of individual members of the Royal family.

The Diplomatic Protection Group is primarily responsible for the protection of Diplomatic premises and personnel, as well as visiting Heads of State and high risk V.I.P.s[5] when they are staying at hotels or other premises. The Group also has responsibility for providing protection to certain political figures; the security at 10 Downing Street, and a support to the protection of London’s Royal Palaces, and the Palace of Westminster which includes both Houses of Parliament.

The Group maintains effective 24-hour protection for high risk and politically sensitive premises by both static policing, at fixed posts and mobile policing using cars, solo motorcycles and personnel carri­ers.

All officers serving with the Group are volunteers recruited from the ranks of police officers who have some years of operational street duty experience.

Today protection is a highly specialised service in the Metropoli­tan Police, and to operate effectively, close liaison is maintained with other groups in the protection field such as the Special Branch, the Special Escort Group and the Anti-Terrorist Branch.

The senior officer in charge of the Royalty and Diplomatic Pro­tection Department is a Deputy Assistant Commissioner who over­sees the close liaison between units concerned with protection. The Department is the foremost uniformed Anti-Terrorist group within the Metropolitan Police.

Дата добавления: 2015-08-17