Government offers £2m for scientific research into counter-terrorism

Security minister Ben Wallace set to launch competition seeking ideas on how ‘to keep people safe in crowds’The government is to make up to £2m available to fund research into technology and behavioural science projects that could identify possible terrorists in crowds.Ministers hope the competition will generate techniques to improve the surveillance and detection of potential terrorist threats.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 16, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Ione Wells Tags: UK security and counter-terrorism Counter-terrorism policy UK news Science London Manchester Greater Manchester Politics Source Type: news