TERROR CRACKDOWN: UK police in MAJOR counter-terrorism exercise across Britain amid

The three-day "live-play scenario", which will involve
locations around Edinburgh, the Lothians and
Northumbria from Tuesday, is not in response to any
specific threat but is the result of over a year of
planning.
Officers will inform people in local residential and
business areas close to the exercise so as not to raise
alarm through noise or a large presence of emergency
services.
Named Exercise Border Reiver, it will not affect day-to-
day policing or emergency responses, which will
continue as normal throughout the exercise, Police
Scotland said.
Other bodies involved in the exercise include
Northumbria Police, the Scottish Fire and Rescue
Service, Scottish Ambulance Service, North East
Ambulance Service, Northumberland and Tyne and
Wear Fire and Rescue services, Transport Scotland,
NHS Scotland, NHS England, the Ministry of Defence
and officials from the Scottish and UK Governments.
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Police
Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins
said: "Police Scotland and other police forces
throughout Britain regularly assess and exercise their
counter terrorism resources and capabilities to ensure
we can respond appropriately to any incidents, which
may arise.
"Exercise Border Reiver is the culmination of months
of planning with partner agencies from across the UK
and the scenario that will unfold over the three days is
a realistic, challenging and complex set of
circumstances that could arise during a terrorist
incident.
"In addition to uniformed officers, a range of specialist
Police Scotland resources will be in play for the
exercise and this will result in some significant activity
within the public domain.
Officers will inform people in local residential and
business areas close to the exercise
"Please rest assured this all forms part of the live-play
scenario and there is no risk to the public.
"The public should be reassured that we are constantly
testing and exercising our plans along with our
partners.
"Police Scotland is committed to ensuring that
Scotland is capable of responding to the terror threat
that faces the UK."
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Assistant Chief Constable Darren Best, of Northumbria
Police, said: "This exercise has been organised to test
the response of the emergency services and other
partner agencies to a cross-border incident.
"It is in no way linked to a specific or increased threat
in our region.
"We regularly carry out exercises to test contingency
plans and the co-ordination of the response to a major
incident to ensure we are prepared to keep our
communities safe.
"We want to reassure people the exercise will not
affect day to day policing and emergency service
response which will continue as usual throughout the
exercise."

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