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SCOTLAND YARD FACES INQUIRY
AFTER PALACE BREAK IN
Scotland Yard is facing a major
inquiry into the worst security
breach at Buckingham Palace
in 30 years.
Senior officers will have to
explain to the Home Secretary
how a man managed to scale
a 12ft fence, evade dozens of
armed police, apparently kick
down a door and make his way
into the state rooms, which
are accessed through an inner
courtyard of the Palace.
The man was arrested when
he set off a motion detector in
the room.
The Queen was informed of
the incident while she was on
holiday at Balmoral.
HRH Prince Andrew received
an apology from Scotland Yard
officers after he was challenged
by two officers as he took a
stroll in the grounds just 48
hours after the break-in. In a
statement afterwards he said:
“The police have a difficult job
to do balancing security for
the Royal Family and deterring
intruders, and sometimes they
get it wrong. I am grateful for
their apology and look forward
to a safe walk in the garden in
the future.”
The breach was said by experts
to be the worst since Michael
Fagan broke in to the Palace
in 1982 and found the Queen
asleep in her bedroom.
The Palace is under
permanent armed guard by
armed officers from the Royal
and Diplomatic Protection Unit.
It is also covered by CCTV and
an array of other monitoring
equipment.
There is an outer perimeter
wall and fence, which is covered
in anti-climb devices, then an
inner cordon of armed guards,
as well as further security
cordons inside the Palace
building itself.
The suspect appeared to
have climbed the fence which
forms the outer cordon of the
40-acre grounds, made his way
across the open ground which
surrounds the Palace, and then
into the first floor state room.
Royal protection squad
officers and Palace officials
found him in a state room, one
of 19 open to the public in the
summer.
An alleged accomplice
was arrested on the street
outside. Both men were held,
questioned, then released on
police bail.
IRELAND’S STANCE ON STOLEN VEHICLE
DATA: IATTA PRESSES FOR CHANGE
The European & UK Branches
of IAATI have issued this joint
statement on the refusal of the
Irish Police to release data on
Stolen Vehicles.
IAATI has been well aware
of the issue of The Republic of
Ireland’s stolen vehicle data not
being made available.
IAATI considers this a
major issue in the fight
against Organised Vehicle
Crime and the fight against
the International Trafficking
of Stolen Vehicles and is
something that should be
changed without delay.
All other European Nations
and most of the rest of the
World release their stolen
vehicle data to be uploaded on
to the Interpol Stolen Motor
Vehicle Database. This database
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is accessible by any Interpol
office worldwide to search any
suspect vehicle instantly 24hrs
a day seven days a week. The
Interpol system enables tens
of thousands of stolen vehicles
to be identified, seized and
recovered each year.
With the current situation
any Interpol office carrying
out a search on an Irish stolen
vehicle would get a negative
result. That Interpol office
would consider the vehicle to
be clear of any theft marker and
allow it to continue to circulate
in whatever country it was
checked.
In addition there are
numerous systems, similar
to the HPI Checks and the
Experian Car Data Checks that
operate in the UK.
Some European Police
Forces even operate their own
website which enables a vehicle
registration or VIN (Chassis
Number) to be checked for
stolen markers by any member
of the Public. A positive search
directs the party making the
enquiry to the relevant Police
Station.
Contrary to what has been
stated there are no Data
Protection issues as the
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