The investigation into the Manchester Arena bombing will continue today.
The independent investigation, established through Interior Minister Priti Patel, is expected to continue in October last year until spring 2021.
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi, 22, detonated a backpack bomb in a lobby of the Arena, known as City Rooms, at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, 2017, killing 22 others and injuring many more.
His younger brother, Hashem Abedi, now 23, convicted on 22 counts of murder, a count of attempted murder and a count of conspiracy to cause an explosion as a result of a trial in March.
He was imprisoned for at least 55 years in August.
The investigation examines the cases that led to the deaths of the other 22 people in the explosion.
A number of other issues will also be explored.
Include:
If the attack could have been prevented
The investigation is expected to last several months before the spring of next year. Manchester Evening News will provide updates here.
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The investigation is complete for the day and will resume tomorrow.
The witness stated that he thought there was a very clever date between SMG and the British Transport Police, with normal contacts.
In a statement, Cowley said that the location of the arena ” presented unique situations of security demand ” and that ”other demanding situations” were presented through the city’s own corridor.
He said “several measures” had been taken to address this challenge between 2013 and 2017, plus commissioners on the bridge and links to the police.
Mr. Cowley stated that he had participated in any verbal exchanges about the closure of the City Room prior to the events.
Mr. Cowley agreed that the mezzanine component in the city corridor was a blind spot for video surveillance.
He said his understanding of Showsec would be that there would be static and cellular patrols.
With regard to city hall dominance, he stated that tickets to JD Williams and McDonald’s would be covered with checks before Showsec’s on the nights of the event.
On a verification sheet before departure, he said the words “city-wide room” meant “wall-to-wall in all directions. “
Other witnesses, Showec’s staff, said they think the checks didn’t cover the mezzanine because it wasn’t their jurisdiction.
“I would expect them to move on to one aspect and move on to the other or vice versa as a component of the walk,” Mr. Cowley said.
Mr. Cowley said CCTV monitors were trained.
The workers’ patrol corps and room staff were approved by the SIA, he added.
He says he knows the term Operation Sherman: an educational training on scenarios about a terrorist attack in the City Hall.
Remember that SMG had been invited as an observer, but remembers any formal design launched through SMG as a result.
In a statement, Cowley described Arena’s CCTV as a “goodArray”
He said he was unaware of “blind spots” and was unaware of “a position of concern. “
The City Room, he said, was inhabited and there were a number of constant cameras, as well as a camera that could simply be rotated.
Mr. Cowley said some other security company operated on the JD Williams component of the complex.
They had to run the building, the investigation said.
The witness described the City Hall as a “common space” and the contract stipulated that SMG would have a full duty to be fit and secure, among other things, in the City Hall.
“SMG will provide and operate a security service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. “
Walking patrols were also included as a “minimum duty,” the investigation said, and the security needs of the contract are being discussed.
It is now published in 2013.
It is mandatory to allow the remodeling of Victoria Station because it replaced certain access rights and rental obligations, Mr. Cowley.
The facility control agreement has a later reference with a table showing the location of SMG personnel in express roles, adding sandboxes.
A 2010 document is presented, a contract. It points to an installation agreement between SMG involving the complex.
There is a clause detailing the provision of a security service.
SMG, the operator and service provider of the resort owner, says the contract.
SMG agreed with the owner that it would provide a site-site security service, according to the investigation.
Mr. Cowley said there is daily interaction with tenants.
Mike Cowley, of Arena SMG, is now testifying.
He made a derivation of the written report through security experts, according to the investigation.
The research also presented an account of a discussion in which he participated.
Mr. Cowley began running for SMG in May 1995 and “rose through the ranks” as Chief Operating Officer of Manchester Arena.
He was a service director at the time of the bombing.
A “subarrendation” detailing a facility control agreement for the Victoria Exchange complex is recently under way.
Specific clauses and a map detailing the city corridor are referenced before a refurbishment takes place.
Pete Weatherby QC, on behalf of some of the victims’ families, “seems” that Mohammed Agha, Showec’s administrator, “clicked on” his training.
The witness said the SIA would obtain education reports on a quarterly basis from those who followed it.
“Hopefully there will be systems there to make sure education is delivered enough,” he said. Holyland, Holyland.
The investigation is informed that the discussed education conducted before Mr. Agha is not hired through Showsec.
The investigation is now postponed for lunch.
The Certified Contractor System (ACS), a “kitemark” of criteria, is being discussed lately.
Most companies that supply individuals authorized under a security industry service contract are eligible to enroll in the program.
The counterterrorism signs of this program have been “refined,” according to the witness.
There is a complete assessment of all signs every 3 years and, in the intermediate years, a more specific assessment of the “basic” signs.
Showsec component of the program in 2017 and still does so today, according to the survey.
There is a review of AIS licenses in 2018.
Changes have been made to the fight against terrorism, according to the investigation.
They come with “more express and detailed counter-terrorism content”.
How does AIS education give security guards the confidence to identify suspicious behaviors in a way that is not based on racial profiling or other inherent characteristics?
Holyland says it’s about how a user acts, how he behaves.
He says “trust” is a difficult thing to mold, but there is content about how to interact with the user and be objective.
Mohammed Agha, Showec’s delegate, told him to examine at his own pace before taking a check after applying for an AIS course.
Mr Holyland stated that he would like it to be a “professional education error” that would be investigated.
More education would be required when renewing an AIS license and would come with counter-terrorism elements, according to the investigation.
Three of the licenses are being discussed.
Security guards, door guards and CCTV operators.
The “in the vast majority” is “in person” and face to face, says the witness, however, there is a small segment that is online.
One of the criteria being evaluated is “identifying behaviors that may simply involve suspicious or terrorist activity,” says the survey: education providers would expand education at this point.
The role of a door manager is based on increased training, on the point of the national terrorist threat, according to the investigation.
Additional specialists are also required for the CCTV operator license.
What an officer receives to obtain a license is “really on the first rung of the ladder,” says Mr Holyland; it would also be presented through employers.
The witness was asked if AIS education would give a legal user the “tools and understanding” they would like about whether Salman Abedi was acting suspiciously.
Holyland says AIS education focuses on behaviors, characteristics such as ethnicity.
It refers to the prowl, to being poorly dressed and to sightings of the same user, which, he says, may involve a suspicious user.
Ms. Russell says the education component is moving forward in a delicate way in terms of security control.
No compliance checks were carried out through the AIS at the Arena in the 12 months prior to the attack, but the checks may have been carried out through the police and local authorities, according to the witness.
She says there is a smart relationship between the AIS, the police and Greater Manchester town halls.
Tony Holyland is the witness.
He is for individual criteria in the AIS, a role that includes qualifications and the program of qualified contractors.
For some regulated activities, the workers’ security forces will have to unload a license, he says.
Holyland is now reviewing each and every education detail needed to download an AIS rating based on an officer’s role, from door monitoring to closed coverage work.
Ms. Russell sometimes says that a user would “normally be better paid” as a qualified AIS licensee, there are still many AIS licensees who get the minimum wage under certain conditions.
The investigation now takes a 15-minute break.
Ms. Russell, there are approximately 18,000 licensees in the Manchester area.
The witness said she knew how many compliance inspection visits were made to the arena in the 12 months before the attack.
Ms. Russell said she was “concerned” to hear evidence of how Mohammed Agha, Showec’s arena manager, said she had finished her AIS exercise at her own pace. When asked if he expected an employer to get others to exercise at his own pace, he said many other people applying for a license do so at their own pace.
The reality, he says, is that other people applying for licenses will have to complete their education on weekends or evenings.
Ms. Russell said work is underway to identify counter-terrorism education in the security sector.
A painting in Scotland refers to the “You Can Act”.
The witness said they should raise awareness and inspire industry and operators to use existing education and resources.
Ms. Russell says there are “clearly benefits” to an advertising licensing regime, but there is a counterweight to say that if advertising licenses come into play, will it be an option for individual licenses?
To be eligible for a license, a user must be 18 years of age or older, pass an identity verification, and a criminal registration check.
They must also have a recognised AIS rating and be entitled to paintings in the UK.
In terms of compliance, Ms. Russell said officials on the floor were running with police and local authorities, among others, to run into “compliance issues. “
Police and local officials would conduct on-site checks, the AIS conducts random checks, Russell said.
The president of the investigation, Sir John Saunders, said that in the arena there are a “large number of people” who perform UNs licensed BAGGAGE checks.
Ms. Russell stated that she had turned to the attention of the AIS.
The investigation learned that there had been “some complaints or complaints” about the arena in years.
One Showec workers engage in unauthorized authorized conduct, according to the investigation.
Another concerned video surveillance and a third party was discussing something similar to “driving,” and the AIS concluded that there was no problem.
The AIS has a relationship between the National Counter-Terrorism Security Office, or NaCTSO.
Russell says they have worked together to publicize awareness of the importance of counter-terrorism in the context of security and to publicize NaCTSO campaigns.
NaCTSO has contributed to the counter-terrorism facets of AIS licenses and qualifications.
“They’ve had another involvement since the first few days in other ways. “
The security industry is a “diverse and very giant sector,” from security guards at structure sites to gorillas.
There are approximately 420,000 active licenses, up to 380,000 people.
Licenses have a three-year cycle, so they want to renew themselves.
Many agents are “relatively underpaid” and have “temporary contracts,” according to the survey.
The AIS licenses Americans than companies.
The Certified Contractor Program is a voluntary program that has been used lately through approximately 800 companies.
In terms of SIA licenses, some roles are subject to additional controls, the survey says. The law covers those who oppose unauthorized access, as well as those who guard property and persons.
The first witness is Michelle Russell of the SIA.
She is the Acting Executive Director of the AIS.
Ms. Russell has reveled in regulatory and regulatory settings and some have reveled in the fight against terrorism, according to the survey.
The survey “analyzes the criteria and the application of these criteria”.
One of the roles of the AIS is to ensure that parts of the security industry ensure that they are legally legally legal under the law.
Before the new law came into effect, Russell said there were considerations about “crime” in the sector, leading to the creation of licenses for certain roles.
The chairman of the investigation cites the example of excessive use of force in the door guard sector.
Good morning. Today, Michelle Russell and Tony Holyland of the Security Industry Authority are scheduled to testify. The Safety Industry Authority is the framework for regulating the personal safety industry.
An independent framework reporting to the Minister of the Interior, SIA authorizes door monitoring.
Mike Cowley of Arena SMG operators is scheduled to testify later that day.