Digital Barriers increase safety for events in London and Manchester

Digital Barriers is pleased to announce that its ThruVis thermal-screening camera technology was deployed by G4S to enhance security at the Manchester “One Love” Concert at the Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester and throughout the week of the British Summer Time event at Hyde Park, London.

Digital Barriers and G4S offered their services to the organizers of the One Love concert, responding to the need for additional security assurance. The event’s security infrastructure, including ThruVis, protected an audience of 50,000 visitors, as well as staff and artists including Liam Gallagher, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Robbie Williams.

At the British Summer Time event in Hyde Park, ThruVis was deployed for the whole week both at VIP entrances and also at public gates, screening at rates of up to 1,000 people per hour. A total of 50,000 people were screened by ThruVis through the week at an event headlined by artists such as Kings of Leon, The Killers and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

G4S chose to use ThruVis as it provides a unique new security capability. Firstly, it offers additional security assurance by seeing non-metallic threats like explosives and ceramic knives, as well as guns, at distances in excess of 5m. Secondly, as a thermal camera, it is completely safe and respectful of personal privacy. Finally, by reducing queuing times and minimising the need to divest clothing, ThruVis dramatically improves the visitor “experience”, as shown by the 98% satisfaction rating from visitors screened at Hyde Park.

G4S Director of Events Eric Alexander, said, “We used Digital Barriers' ThruVis passive screening solution, to support our security arrangements at the event. We recognize that new security innovations play an important role in strengthening our capability and increase the public's confidence in the measures we use to keep them safe.”

Colin Evans, Chief Operating Officer at Digital Barriers, said, “The public expects enhanced security around high profile public events and would prefer this to be provided with minimal further inconvenience. We are confident ThruVis is the only security technology available today that meets this need and we are delighted to be working with G4S to make this important new capability widely available.”