Project CONTEST: The Government's Counter - Terrorism Strategy - Home Affairs Committee Contents


Correspondence submitted by the Association of Chief Police Officer of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPO) to the Chairman of the Sub-committee, 16 January 2009

  I write to advise you of the plans for the submission of written material on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers, and in particular its Terrorism and Allied Matters Business Areas, in respect of the Sub-committee's inquiry into CONTEST.

  As Chair of the Business Area and Assistant Commissioner Specialist Operations for the Metropolitan Police, I have considered this question with colleagues and it has been determined that, rather than making an outline, generalist submission at this stage, I will arrange for a written briefing note to be dispatched to the Sub-committee in good time for members to review it prior to my appearance before the Inquiry in February. This note will, of course, reflect the guidance on length and methodology of submission previously circulated on the Sub-committee's behalf.

  Fundamental to this approach is the desire to ensure that the submitted material should be helpfully reflective of any particular themes emerging from the Inquiry's opening sessions and to enable the submission to be dynamically current and responsive to any key events that may take place in the interim, such as, potentially, the launch of "CONTEST2".

  I trust that you and your colleagues will find this approach, and our subsequent submission, to be helpful.





 
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