The Home Office is investing £5 million to increase deployments of speciality police officers, trained to identify individuals who are preparing to commit serious crimes, including acts of terrorism.
The funding will be focused on London and Greater Manchester, with the support coming as both antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate crime have reached record highs.
Security minister Dan Jarvis said the money will help “keep people safe in the places where they live, work and worship”
The funding will see deployments involving specialist officers who are trained to spot suspects who might be preparing to commit serious crimes.
The uplift in Servator deployments follows the arson attack on the Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green, the charging of individuals under the National Security Act for alleged surveillance of Jewish sites, the terrorist attack at Heaton Park synagogue and arson attack at Peacehaven mosque last year.
