Crossrail’s approach to Police liaison

Summary

Having a serving police officer attached to the project allowed Crossrail to have a single point of contact for all police liaison across 16 Metropolitan Police Boroughs and 6 Police Services.

High levels of collaboration were evident from all of the project contractors and other stakeholders.

This paper outlines the responsibilities of the Police Liaison Officer and where they added value and assisted in the smooth delivery of the Crossrail programme. It will be of interest to all major projects with significant security and/or community relations aspects.