Brought in by the event's operations director, Julian Hubbuck, late in the planning process, TSG built a fast, fluid relationship with Dorset Police. The company's skill set, developed by a former senior training officer for the Met, clearly distinguished its role from conventional show security.
Over the Steam Fair's five days, TSG worked on a number of operations with the local force, cutting the event's impact on core policing off-site and serving as a testament to its capacity to deliver a viable, cost-efficient policing alternative.
Julian Hubbuck comments, "I was looking for enhanced response cover and TSG provided a very competent, highly trained solution."
TSG director, David Boswell, says, "Members of the public were comforted by the fact that we were on the ground to act within the same capacity as the police. It was encouraging to see how quickly event security understood what we were about too, there was a fantastic relationship between all the agencies, which speaks volumes for TSG and where we sit as a specialist organisation in the industry."
(Jim Evans)
