1. LETS-CROWD Novel Law Enforcement methodologies and ToolS for CROWD protection Santiago Cáceres scaceres.etraid@grupoetra.com ETRA Research and Development Proposal activity: SEC–07-FCT-2016 Human Factor for the prevention, investigation and mitigation of criminal and terrorist acts, Sub-topic 1. New methods for the protection of crowds during mass gatherings Disclaimer: with the submission of this presentation the consent is given by its author for the organisers to distribute the presentation. SMIG2016 - 26-27 January 2016 1

2. Proposal idea/content To research new methodological approaches for: 1.Forecasting, 2.Planning, 3.Real-time management and 4.Improvement To define new solutions and develop a system for the protection of crowds during mass gatherings against criminal and terrorist acts in EU. SMIG2016 - 26-27 January 2016 2 Mass gatherings Planning Real-time managemen t Improveme nt Forecasting Main outcomes: 1.Better understanding of how the citizens perceive security and how it affects their feeling of insecurity 2.Common approaches for assessing risks/threats and identifying relevant risk-based security measures 3.Toolkits for law enforcement agencies 4.A policy-making toolkit, for security policy-makers

3. Project participants Proposed coordinator: University of Cantabria / ETRA I+D Looking for partners: Law Enforcement Agencies Human factors / Crowd behavior Big data with focus on social networks Sociology / societal dimension Other complementary profiles… SMIG2016 - 26-27 January 2016 3 Santiago Cáceres scaceres.etraid@grupoetra.com ETRA Research and Development Dr. Daniel Alvear daniel.alvear@unican.es University of Cantabria