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Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Policing operation underway as British GP starts
Facial recognition, armed officers and search teams would be on hand during the British Grand Prix, a police force said. About 480,000 people were expected to attend the 2025 Formula 1 Qatar Airways British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Northamptonshire Police said it would deliver a robust policing operation from Thursday until Sunday. Supt Pete Basham, event commander for the force, said: "This is a major operation involving a wide range of policing resources, as well as support from other emergency services and partner agencies." Supt Basham said: "It is a great opportunity to engage with the public, but give that wider reassurance that we are here to promote public safety." He said they will have officers "inside the circuit on patrol" for music events and "specialist community operations" outside of the perimeter. Officers are also on standby with a traffic operation in place "to ensure smooth" access and exit from the site. "It is a huge event for the county, and so our approach will be reflective of that." "We are here if people need us," he added. Live Facial Recognition was introduced to the event in 2023 and will be in operation again, police said. The technology works by using a camera to scan faces to match biometrics against those held on a watch list. In addition to uniformed and plainclothed officers, specialist resources, including armed officers, search teams, disruption officers, and Automatic Number Plate Recognition units, were set to patrol the circuit. Supt Basham added: "We start planning for this event when last year's event ends. We do a structured debrief and look at what has gone wrong. We look at crime data that comes in and use all of that information to plan our response for next year." People started to arrive for the UK's biggest sporting event on Thursday. On Sunday, about 160,000 are expected to be in attendance to watch the main race. Police encouraged visitors to the event to look at the crime prevention and safety advice on their website to prepare them for their visit. There will also be concerts with performers including Sam Fender, RAYE, Fat Boy Slim and Becky Hill. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Silverstone F1 fans told to plan their journeys British GP fans warned of counterfeit ticket sales Facial recognition to be used at Silverstone again British GP to stay at Silverstone until 2034 Mansell welcomes 'fantastic' Silverstone news Northamptonshire Police
BBC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Policing operation underway at Silverstone for British GP
Facial recognition, armed officers and search teams would be on hand during the British Grand Prix, a police force 480,000 people were expected to attend the 2025 Formula 1 Qatar Airways British Grand Prix at Police said it would deliver a robust policing operation from Thursday until Pete Basham, event commander for the force, said: "This is a major operation involving a wide range of policing resources, as well as support from other emergency services and partner agencies." Supt Basham said: "It is a great opportunity to engage with the public, but give that wider reassurance that we are here to promote public safety."He said they will have officers "inside the circuit on patrol" for music events and "specialist community operations" outside of the are also on standby with a traffic operation in place "to ensure smooth" access and exit from the site."It is a huge event for the county, and so our approach will be reflective of that.""We are here if people need us," he added. Live Facial Recognition was introduced to the event in 2023 and will be in operation again, police said. The technology works by using a camera to scan faces to match biometrics against those held on a watch addition to uniformed and plainclothed officers, specialist resources, including armed officers, search teams, disruption officers, and Automatic Number Plate Recognition units, were set to patrol the circuit. Supt Basham added: "We start planning for this event when last year's event ends. We do a structured debrief and look at what has gone wrong. We look at crime data that comes in and use all of that information to plan our response for next year." People started to arrive for the UK's biggest sporting event on Sunday, about 160,000 are expected to be in attendance to watch the main race. Police encouraged visitors to the event to look at the crime prevention and safety advice on their website to prepare them for their visit. There will also be concerts with performers including Sam Fender, RAYE, Fat Boy Slim and Becky Hill. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
11-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Silverstone fans warned of counterfeit ticket sales by police
Motorsport fans have been warned about buying "potential counterfeit tickets" ahead of next month's British Grand advisory was made as Northamptonshire Police issued an update on its preparations for the Formula 1 event at Silverstone Circuit, which is expected to host about 480,000 people on 3-6 seating for the event has sold out, although a number of general admission tickets remain available for all four force's event commander, Supt Pete Basham, said fans should only buy tickets from official sources and not risk buying from social media platforms. Northamptonshire Police said it would "once again be delivering a robust policing operation in the run up to and during the race event".It said uniformed and plain-clothed police officers would be patrolling the circuit, the campsites and the surrounding road network. There will also be specialist officers at the site, including armed officers, search teams, disruption officers and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) units, it added. The force will also make use of facial recognition technology, having first used the software at the 2023 race. The technology works by using a camera to scan faces to match biometrics against those held on a watch and QR codes will be displayed to "clearly" mark where the live facial recognition is being used, the force added. Supt Basham, from Northamptonshire Police, said: "We are working closely with the event organisers, other emergency services and partner agencies as the event approaches, to ensure Formula 1 fans attending the event have a safe and enjoyable experience, and that anyone looking to commit a crime doesn't succeed."We have many years of experience in the policing of this event. However, this doesn't mean we can afford to be complacent and detailed and rigorous planning still takes place. "Each year brings its own challenges and the security measures in place will be as stringent as ever." Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
