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On 7th July 2005, the day of the [[London bombings]], Peter Power was interveiwed on BBC Radio 5 Drive Time show. | On 7th July 2005, the day of the [[London bombings]], Peter Power was interveiwed on BBC Radio 5 Drive Time show. | ||
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:Power told the host that at the exact same time that the London bombings were taking place, his company was running a 1,000 person strong exercise which drilled the London Underground being bombed at the exact same locations, at the exact same times, as happened in real life.<ref>We Are Change UK http://100777.com/node/1789 accessed on 14 February 2008</ref> | :Power told the host that at the exact same time that the London bombings were taking place, his company was running a 1,000 person strong exercise which drilled the London Underground being bombed at the exact same locations, at the exact same times, as happened in real life.<ref>We Are Change UK http://100777.com/node/1789 accessed on 14 February 2008</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 14 February 2008
Peter Power, a former Scotland Yard official, is the Managing Director of Visor Consultants Limited.
Visor Consultants works to prepare organsiations for risks and threats they might face. According to Workplace Law Network it uses scenario-based exercises to prepare as well as crisis management and business continuity workshops, corporate resilience courses and motivation sessions. [1]
On 7th July 2005, the day of the London bombings, Peter Power was interveiwed on BBC Radio 5 Drive Time show.
- Power told the host that at the exact same time that the London bombings were taking place, his company was running a 1,000 person strong exercise which drilled the London Underground being bombed at the exact same locations, at the exact same times, as happened in real life.[2]
- Power was quoted as saying "At half past nine this morning we were actually running an exercise for a company of over a thousand people in London based on simultaneous bombs going off precisely at the railway stations where it happened this morning, so I still have the hairs on the back of my neck standing up right now"[3]
- Peter Power appears regularly on television and radio news programmes in connection with terrorism and security items. His status as an expert is based upon his widely advertised experiences in the Metropolitan Police: the Brixton Riots, the Libyan embassy siege, the Oxford Circus and Kings Cross Underground fires, and the development of the Gold/Silver/Bronze command structure.[4]
Listen to Peter Power's Radio 5 Live Drivetime Interview
Notes
- ↑ Workplace Law Network http://www.workplacelaw.net/profiles/affiliate/id/68 accessed 14 Feburary 2008
- ↑ We Are Change UK http://100777.com/node/1789 accessed on 14 February 2008
- ↑ Prison Planet http://prisonplanet.com/Pages/Jul05/160705web_of_deceit.html accessed 14 February 2008
- ↑ J7: The July 7th Truth Campaign http://www.julyseventh.co.uk/j7-exclusive-peter-power-dorset-police-suspension.html accessed 14 Feburary 2008
