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Concealed weapons search

by Mark Rowe

G4S, the security contractor, has entered into a strategic partnership with Aim-listed product firm Digital Barriers, which will see G4S deploy ThruVis at major UK events to search for concealed weapons and explosives.

The product was demonstrated at the Counter Terror Expo in London Olympia in April, as featured in the June 2016 print issue of Professional Security.

G4S says that it’s to provide enhanced security at public and private events to detect potential threats concealed under clothing without disrupting the flow of people. ThruVis is a camera described as mobile, discreet and rapidly deployable. It has been used by government agencies and is now being made available more widely.

Eric Alexander, Managing Director, G4S Events said: “G4S is embracing cutting edge-technology and working with industry partners such as Digital Barriers to provide solutions that protect the public from sophisticated and covert threats. G4S is supporting this technology as a unique way to secure event venues, significantly enhancing traditional security measures such as metal detectors and baggage checks.

“ThruVis provides a higher level of protection and deterrence whilst reducing queue times, improving the visitor experience, and because it’s a passive camera it does so without any issues of safety or privacy. Given recent events we see this as an inevitable additional security measure that will rapidly become commonplace.”

G4S covers such events as the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the Open championship at St Andrew’s and British Summer Time Hyde Park, as well at venues such as ExCeL and the O2.

Zak Doffman, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Barriers said: “Our partnership with G4S will help to secure public spaces and event venues globally, providing an additional layer of security that is not in place today. ThruVis has already been used around the world by government agencies to protect the public from acts of terrorism, now we hope to extend this to help protect the public from attacks on so-called soft target locations.”

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