Project Kraken delivers an enhanced crime and counter terrorist 'vigilance' capability within the maritime environment of the United Kingdom. It engages key stakeholders together with local communities to provide a hostile environment to terrorists and criminals looking to disrupt the every day lives and safety of those who live, work or travel through the waters of the UK.

 

Police forces are encouraged to create a local phone number and email address to provide a mechanism for the reporting of unusual activity or behaviour within the maritime environment, believed or suspected to be linked to acts of crime or preparatory acts of terrorism.

 

Whilst it is almost impossible to say with any certainty what a criminal or a terrorist might look like, an individual's activity or behaviour can become suspicious in the context of the location they are in. Likewise, the unexpected or unusual presence of a vessel or a particular cargo within a small port or marina might just cause reason for concern by those who live, work and relax in that particular environment on a regular basis.

 

Project Kraken provides for the collation and assessment of all information and intelligence relating to such suspicious activity or behaviour in circumstances that could be linked to criminal or terrorist activity or acts of a preparatory nature. It allows for the appropriate deployment of assets and resources from UK Police and their partner agencies in response to a potential or defined threat.

 

Those who join Project Kraken receive a quarterly newsletter detailing local crime and also issues that may be of interest to the Police. A DVD outlining suspicious activity has also been created which is used to brief marine users, harbour masters, marina managers and other government departments.

 

If anyone is interested in receiving any information in respect of Project Kraken then please contact our General Secretary Paul Campbell on the following email;- paul.campbell@hampshire.pnn.police.uk