Hosted by ADS and the Joint Security and Resilience Centre (JSaRC), Security & Policing’s renowned Live Immersive Experience provides visitors with a series of narrative-led, content-rich, immersive experiences, which give an insight into technologies and solutions to solve the latest and future security challenges and threats.
Immersive Experience 2026 – Operation Borderline: The Traffickers’ Trail
At Security & Policing, the Immersive Experience is designed to go beyond traditional presentations and place participants inside a live, evolving security scenario. Rather than observing from the sidelines, you become part of the story — stepping into the role of those working on the frontline of UK security.
Why the immersive exists
Understanding complex security challenges requires more than briefings or presentations. The immersive experience allows participants to engage directly with the pressures, uncertainty and decision-making that operational teams face every day.
Participants are placed in a dynamic scenario where information is incomplete, situations evolve rapidly and decisions must be made under time pressure. This hands-on approach provides a deeper understanding of the operational environment and the realities of modern security threats.
The immersive also demonstrates the power of collaboration. Government, law enforcement and industry work together throughout the experience, reflecting how partnerships operate in real-world security operations. Technologies featured in the scenario are applied in realistic contexts, showing how innovation supports frontline activity.
What to expect in 2026
Operation Borderline: The Traffickers’ Trail focuses on border security and the disruption of people trafficking networks – a priority spanning multiple departments and agencies.
Participants will:
- Step into the role of a border security officer
- Follow a people trafficking case from initial intelligence through to intervention
- Receive updates as the situation evolves
- Make operational decisions as the scenario unfolds
- Experience how intelligence, technology and teamwork combine to disrupt criminal activity and protect victims
The scenario reflects genuine operational realities, helping participants understand how decisions are made while the full picture is still forming and how different capabilities contribute at each stage of an operation.
Built with Border Security Command
The immersive has been developed in close partnership with Border Security Command to ensure the scenario reflects real operational challenges facing the UK and international partners.
People trafficking is a global threat, with organised criminal networks operating across borders and exploiting systemic vulnerabilities. Drawing on operational insight, the experience exposes participants to the complexity, pressure and coordination required to disrupt trafficking networks and safeguard vulnerable individuals.
Industry collaboration
The immersive is supported by leading UK companies whose technologies are integrated into the scenario, enabling participants to see real capabilities applied within an operational context.
Click here to view the companies who have supported this year’s Immersive Experience.
Experience it for yourself
Immersive sessions have limited capacity, so attendees are encouraged to secure a place early.
Immersive Experience 2025 – CityWatch: Streets of tomorrow.
The Experience
Participants in last years’ experience, were immersed in two different environments based in a city simulation of the future, focusing on challenges to public safety on urban streets. The task was to work your way through a multi-layered narrative, navigating crime at a shopping centre where real-time data collation, command centres and operational teams work together to keep people safe.
1. Command & Control Room
Here, participants took on the role of a security control room supervisor, whose role is to respond to threats as they come in, directing other participants on where and how to respond.
Featuring technology and solutions from: Axon Enterprise, Createc, Electronic Media Services, Skyral Defence, Sopra Steria, Thales UK and Vizgard.
2. VR Training Room
In a VR simulated environment, immersive guests took on the role of a response team, acting on intelligence and communications from the control room to mitigate threats and diffuse situations.
Featuring technology and solutions from: AVRT and LearnPro Group.
Throughout both experiences the following technologies was showcased:
- Video Surveillance
- Virtual Reality (VR) Simulation
- Crowd Modelling
- Communications and Data Feeds
- Information Sharing
- Knife Crime Detection
- Prioritisation of Resources and Decision Making
Participants can book onto the immersive experience at any time during the show. However, places are limited so pre-booking is strongly encouraged. JSaRC aims to showcase capability in the security marketplace within operational contexts to demonstrate the ‘art of the possible’. The technologies on show have been chosen to highlight solutions that could achieve outcomes to a range of visitors to Security and Policing. The Immersive Experience is not a full reflection of UK operational procedures/processes nor an endorsement of the technologies as being used in existing UK operational processes/procedures.
Good luck.
The Joint Security and Resilience Centre (JSaRC) Team
Previous Immersive Experiences
Immersive Experience 2024 – Destination: Churchill Station.
The Joint Security and Resilience Centre in collaboration with Industry once again created an exciting hands on live Immersive Experience for 2024. The immersive experience had a central theme of Transport Security and offered attendees the opportunity to undertake two experiences. Based at a large fictional transport hub, participants were alerted that there is a suspicious bag on board one of the trains.
Participants were then given the opportunity to work their way through a multi-layered terrorist incident and were able to decide which experience to undertake:
- Disaster at CrossContinent – Halting the threat of a hostile drone during the multi-layered terrorist incident
- Public Protection on The Majesty Line – Ensure the safety of the public during the multi-layered terrorist incident
The Immersive Experience for S&P2025 is to be announced soon. To undertake the Immersive Experience, please ensure to book your space upon arrival at Security & Policing.
Watch the highlights from Destination Churchill:
2023: Operation Haystack – The Search is On: Escape Room Experience
This year’s immersive experience was based on the timed escape room model which has progressive stations with a single solution. The challenge focussed on a team being required to successfully navigate several stations – each showcasing different security skills that can be employed as part of an effort to stop a terrorist incident.
Watch highlights:
Participants had the opportunity to understand a range of skills, turn their hand to specific tasks, beat the clock and compete against other delegates!
2022: Incident at Sea: Live Immersive Response
The feature was focussed on taking the audience through the repercussions of a ransomware attack on a shipping vessel in close proximity of a busy UK sea port. This immersive experience was designed to take visitors through a series of visual and interactive tours which demonstrate how technology, products and solutions from some of the UK’s leading industry and academic organisations can demonstrate how threats can be detected, diverted, intercepted and neutralised.
2020: Plan. Travel. Visit. Your future secure journey
The feature gave visitors an insight into a future secure journey, showcasing and demonstrating solutions and technology that improve security around pre-journey planning, aviation and travel security and crowded places and infrastructure.
2020: Knife Crime: A 21st Century Approach
The Joint Security and Resilience Centre (JSaRC) collaborated with the Home Office’s Serious Violence Unit and Accelerated Capability Environment to create a live immersive experience that illustrates a blended, preventative approach to tackling Knife Crime. The feature focused on showcasing and demonstrating solutions and technology across data, technology and community engagement.