Performance Doorset Solutions and UAP Host DOCO Awareness Day at Littleborough Site

The event brought together representatives of the two companies with DOCOs from several police forces, including Greater Manchester, Cheshire, West Yorkshire and Lancashire, and was attended by Secured by Design (SBD) Development Officer Hazel Goss. The day served as a valuable opportunity to showcase cutting-edge doorset and hardware security technologies to the specialist officers, whose role is critical in influencing secure design across the built environment.

Attendees were welcomed by the teams at PDS and UAP who each gave introductions to their companies, before diving into a series of product demonstrations and discussions around evolving security threats and innovation. Later in the day, the DOCOs and other assembled guests had the opportunity to tour the PDS facility, learning more about the company’s products and the manufacturing process from raw timber to bespoke doorsets.

Kevin Pritchard, UAP, presented the company’s latest advancements in cylinder security, including a live demonstration of attack methods outlined in the new PAS24:2022+A1:2024 standard. Kevin highlighted how UAP’s new 3-Star Freeze Guard Cylinder, the first to gain Kitemark certification under the updated standard, effectively neutralises threats such as cylinder freezing - a method increasingly used in targeted attacks.

Hazel Goss, Secured by Design, said: “I want to thank PDS for an excellent day, it was a packed full event, with a classroom session, factory tour and an extra bonus of live demonstrations of lock attacks delivered by UAP, another SBD member company. It was a very successful day and I know the DOCOs and I who attended all left knowing a lot more than before, which is why we hold these ‘Awareness Days’.”

Kerri Ellis, Ben Davies, and Gary Greaves represented PDS, while Elliott Dawson and Kevin Pritchard represented UAP, contributing to what was widely regarded as an engaging and productive event.

You can find out more about PDS Doorsets and UAP and their Secured by Design accredited products on their dedicated member pages.

Secured by Design

Police Crime Prevention Initiatives (Police CPI), which is part of the UK Police Service, delivers a wide range of crime prevention and demand reduction initiatives across the UK. Secured by Design (SBD) is the most well-known of the extensive Police CPI portfolio, with all initiatives designed to keep the public safe from crime and to reduce the demand on the police service.

SBD seeks to improve the security of buildings and their immediate surroundings to provide safe places to live, work, shop and visit. SBD work closely with builders, developers, local authorities and registered housing associations to incorporate its police crime prevention standards into developments from initial concept and design, through to construction and completion. Police forces throughout the UK have specially trained Designing Out Crime Officers (DOCOs) who offer police designing out crime and SBD advice free of charge.

SBD also operates an accreditation scheme on behalf of the UK Police Service for products or services that have met recognised security standards. These products or services – which must be capable of deterring or preventing crime - are known as being of a ‘Police Preferred Specification’. 

There are many hundreds of companies who produce over 7000 individual attack resistant crime prevention products in more than 30 different categories that have met the exacting Police Preferred Specification. This includes doors, windows, external storage, bicycle and motorcycle security, locks and hardware, asset marking, alarms, CCTV, safes, IoT connected products, perimeter security products and many others. SBD is the only way for companies to obtain police recognition for security-related products in the UK.

SBD is the only way for companies to obtain police recognition for security-related products in the UK.

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