Project Griffin
Project Griffin was introduced in April 2004 as a pan London project to bring together the Police (Metropolitan and City of London), the private sector security industry, local authorities, London Fire Brigade, London Ambulance Service and other agencies in order to coordinate effort by working together to deter, disrupt and support proactive operations regarding terrorist/extremist activity within London.
Since its original launch Project Griffin has been identified nationally as good practice and is now well established in a number of police force areas around the country.
Project Griffin aims to encourage members of the community to work in partnership with the police to deter and detect terrorist activity and crime. This will be achieved by working with the community to:
- Raise awareness of current terrorist and crime issues;
- Share and gather intelligence and information;
- Build and maintain effective working relationships;
- Seek solutions to defeating terrorism and crime;
- Maintain trust and confidence in the police and other authorities;
- Empower people to report suspicious activity and behaviour.