MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The training, brought forward by the last Labour government, consists of both online courses and classroom exercises and aimed at dealing with Islamist extremists and white supremacist alike. Once the suspicious persons has been identified, the authorities want public workers to report to a designated "Prevent lead", who will in turn inform the police, the the Independent newspaper explains.
"Prevent is working and we now have more than 550,000 frontline public sector workers trained to recognise the signs of radicalisation so that they know what steps to take,” the Home Office spokesperson said as quoted by the newspaper Sunday.
On Thursday, two suspects attempted an abduction of a Royal Air Force (RAF) serviceman near a base in the Norfolk country in England in what was described as a most likely pre-planned attack with a possible terrorist motive.