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UK security firm to protect terrorist ‘soft targets’ following G4S tech partnership

Digital Barriers, the global surveillance business, has announced a new partnership with G4S that it claims will help protect so-called ‘soft targets’ from terrorist attacks.

The London-headquartered firm has said that the global outsourcer is to adopt its ThruVis camera technology which can detect weapons and explosives through people’s clothes.

In what is a first public safety contract for the technology after numerous partnerships with government agencies, the tech is set to be rolled out at event centres, stadiums and other crowded public spaces as part of G4S’s security contracts.

The pair claim that the discrete and mobile system can be rapidly deployed, and its functionality lessens queues at major points of entry.

Eric Alexander, Managing Director, G4S Events commented that due to recent attacks in France and Belgium, additional security measures such as ThruVis were ‘invitable’ and predicted that such innovations will ‘rapidly become commonplace’.

He said: “ThruVis provides a higher level of protection and deterrence whilst reducing queue times, improving the visitor experience, and because it’s a passive camera it does so without any issues of safety or privacy.”

Zak Doffman, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Barriers added: “Our partnership with G4S will help to secure public spaces and event venues globally, providing an additional layer of security that is not in place today.

“ThruVis has already been used around the world by government agencies to protect the public from acts of terrorism, now we hope to extend this to help protect the public from attacks on so-called soft target locations.”