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==== Emergency Intervention Unit ====
Similar schemes have been implemented elsewhere in the country, including a partnership with Network Rail and [[South West Trains]] (SWT) in which a BTP officer crews an "Emergency Intervention Unit", which conveys engineers and equipment to incidents on SWT's network using blue lights.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/news/2013/mar/Emergency-vehicle-for-faster-response-to-railway-incidents/|title=Emergency vehicle for faster response to railway incidents|date=19 March 2013|publisher=[[Network Rail]]|access-date=11 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018074340/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/news/2013/mar/Emergency-vehicle-for-faster-response-to-railway-incidents/|archive-date=18 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The scheme won the "passenger safety" category at the UK Rail Industry Awards in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.btp.police.uk/latest_news/prestigious_national_award_win.aspx|title=Prestigious national award win|date=24 February 2015|publisher=British Transport Police|access-date=11 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919094803/http://www.btp.police.uk/latest_news/prestigious_national_award_win.aspx|archive-date=19 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Railway-safety-and-crime/Page-7/police-and-engineer-partnership-to-cut-delays|title=Police and engineer partnership to cut delays|date=19 March 2013|work=Rail Technology Magazine|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref> Another "Emergency Response Unit" was established in partnership with Network Rail in the Glasgow area in the run-up to the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.btp.police.uk/latest_news/local_news_scotland/joint_response_unit_launched.aspx|title=Joint Emergency Response Unit launched in Scotland|date=31 July 2014|publisher=British Transport Police|access-date=12 September 2015}}</ref>