Editing Gatwick Airport (section)

===Security===
The airport is policed by the Gatwick District of [[Sussex Police]]. The district is responsible for the entire airport (including aircraft) and, in certain circumstances, aircraft in flight. The 150 officers attached to this district include armed and unarmed officers, and [[community support officers]] for minor offences. The airport district counters [[man-portable air-defence systems|man-portable surface-to-air missiles]] (MANPADS) by patrolling in and around the airport and a separate sub-unit has vehicle checks around the airport.<ref>"Guarding Gatwick", Airports – September/October 2007 (Key Publishing), p. 17</ref>

Access to airside portions of the airport is controlled and maintained by the airport's team of security officers, regulated by the [[Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|Civil Aviation Authority]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aviation security overview {{!}} Civil Aviation Authority |url=https://www.caa.co.uk/commercial-industry/security/aviation-security-overview/ |access-date=19 August 2023 |website=www.caa.co.uk |archive-date=19 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819111926/https://www.caa.co.uk/commercial-industry/security/aviation-security-overview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Brook House Immigration Removal Centre|Brook House]], an immigration removal centre of [[Immigration Enforcement]], was opened near the airport on 18 March 2009 by the then [[Home Secretary]] [[Jacqui Smith]].<ref>{{cite news |date=18 March 2009 |title=Illegal immigrant centre opened |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7950704.stm |newspaper=BBC News |access-date=12 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407144935/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7950704.stm |archive-date=7 April 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>