The guidance notes that with the risks associated with transmission of COVID-19 expected to be present for some time there may be the need for sites to adapt their security processes or put in place additional measures to help ensure the safety and wellbeing of their staff and customers/visitors. The note sets out some of the adaptations or additional measures that sites might want to adopt when implementing processes to search people and their belongings for concealed threats, whilst maintaining physical distance.

View the CPNI’s Physical Distancing Guidance

The CPNI have a number of other guidance notes in relation to security in the workplace, and taking into account the COVID-19 pandemic: https://www.cpni.gov.uk/staying-secure-during-covid-19-0