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On 6 March 1848, bread riots occurred in Glasgow leading to warehouse windows being smashed and firearms and other weapons being stolen from gun-smiths. [6] The Glasgow Herald described the city as being in a "state of utmost apparent security" and the following day Smart, escorted by a group of pensioners armed with firearms approached the mob ...
Many of these TA units were gradually disbanded during the post-war draw down. A parallel Intelligence Corps unit with historic links to WW2, the Ports and Travel Security Group (P&TSG) [11] was formed from the some of these units, to provide security to UK ports and overseas military movements. At its height, the P&TSG comprised over 1,000 ...
Rock Steady Group was a group of companies that was involved in stewarding and security at many major events in the United Kingdom. The three companies were Rock Steady Event Services, Rock Steady Sport Event Services and Rock Steady Security. The Group had a head office and operations office in Edinburgh with additional operations offices at ...
The City of Glasgow Police or Glasgow City Police was the police covering the city and royal burgh of Glasgow, from 1800 to 1893, and the county of city of Glasgow, from 1893 to 1975. In the 17th century, Scottish cities used to hire watchmen to guard the streets at night, augmenting a force of unpaid citizen constables .
Social Security Scotland operates from the headquarters Agnes Husband House in Dundee and a large office on High Street, Glasgow. Social Security Scotland also offers a local delivery service of trained advisors located in each local authority in Scotland for face-to-face provision. [30] [31]
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On 1 July, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored the terrorist attack on Glasgow's airport and the foiled car bomb plot in London. [ 32 ] Also on 1 July, Michael Chertoff , United States Secretary of Homeland Security , announced that the United States alert levels would remain unchanged at orange for airports (the second highest), and at ...