We are contracted via a third party to supply our explosive detection dog service at a location in London, the end user being the Palace of Westminster, (House of Lords, House of Commons).
RFA as a company, its Managers and deployed staff, are all vetted by security departments within HM Government, on behalf of the Palace of Westminster.
Our explosive detection dog team training, continuation training, bulk search training and independent deployment assessments are all audited by the Palace of Westminster via the terms of our contract. The Operations Partner of RFA is registered and licensed with the Metropolitan Police to store explosives, (ref 03) and certified to Acquire & Keep explosives,(Certificate Number 02/M/0000EXK6660). He is also registered with the HSE for holding a "Recipient Competent Authority Transfer Document", (RCA/35087) for the transportation of explosives.
Bulk explosive training is conducted with weights of up to 50 kilograms.