In this final episode in Series 1 of Combating Jihadist Terror, Dr Anthony Richards speaks to Richard Walton, ex-Head of the Metropolitan Police’s Counter-Terrorism Command and now the Director of Counter Terrorism Global Ltd, which provides advice, consultancy and counter-terrorism services to public, private and non-government sectors. Dr Richards and Mr Walton look at the UK’s counter-terrorism PREVENT programme, for which Mr Walton is a strong advocate, as well as discussing the recent report from the Commission for Countering Extremism. Mr Walton also recounts a story from his time at the Met’s counter-terrorism desk about a man who was concerned his son has been radicalised, and asked for help. 

Richard Walton wrote a chapter entitled ‘An Independent Assessment of the UK’s Capacity and Capability Devoted to Countering Jihadist Terrorism: Government, Policing, Intelligence Agencies and Civil Society’ for CoJiT’s publication Jihadist Terror: New Threats, New Responses which is available to buy here. 

Listen to the podcast above or see an illustrated video of the interview here.