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CVIT Crime Reduction Charter

An awareness of the problem of cash-in-transit attacks led to the Home Office hosting a major summit in May 2007 inviting key stakeholders to discuss ways of reducing CVIT attacks. With the support of Home Office Ministers, a Cash and Valuables in Transit Crime Reduction Charter was signed by all stakeholders at the summit: the British Bankers Association, the GMB trade union, the British Security Industry Association, the Security Industry Authority and the Association of Chief Police Officers.

Each organisation is a signatory to the charter and they agreed to work in partnership to prevent and reduce the incidence of CVIT crime by:

providing the incidence of CVIT crime, with a particular focus on repeat victimization.
maintaining the standards of training for security personnel, police and other staff involved in cash handling services.
raising and promoting the need for local partnerships and authorities, recognising the vitally important nature of the timely and safe delivery of cash into local economies and actively considering the issue of CVIT services in their plans and procedures.
ensuring appropriate risk assessments and appropriate prevention measures are in place across the industry to prevent repeat attacks.
producing good practice guidance and providing regular updates.
providing prompt analysis and disseminating information and intelligence between all stakeholders in real time.
making the most of available technology to reduce the threat of CVIT crime and design out crime.

To download a copy of the charter, click here.