12: Strengthen the role of the police stations in counter-terrorism in allmajor cities. Make it clear to all Station House Officers that their record inpreventing acts of terrorism, in contributing to the investigation andprosecution of terrorism-related cases and in consequence management after aterrorist strike will be an important factor in assessing their suitability forfurther promotion. Revive and strengthen the beat system, revive and intensifythe local enquiries for suspicious activities in all railway stations, bustermini, airports, hotels, inns and other places and improve police-communityrelations. An important observation of the UK’s Security and IntelligenceCommittee of the Prime Minister, which enquired into the London blasts ofJuly,2005, was that no counter-terrorism strategy will succeed unless it isbased on the co-operation of the community from which the terrorists havearisen. The UK now has what they call a community-based counter-terrorismstrategy. The willingness of different communities to co-operate will largelydepend on the relations of the police officers at different levels with theleaders and prominent members of the communities.