Martyn's Law
Alert, guide, and account for everyone.
Named for Martyn Hett, who lost his life in the Manchester Arena attack in 2017, Martyn’s Law, formally the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act, puts a legal duty on public venues to notify, guide and account for every person when it matters.
Enforced by a new Security Industry Authority (SIA) function, procedures must be documented, drilled and demonstrable. whoot. supports those obligations in one platform: always-on voice for your team, and two-way SMS that reaches everyone else on any phone.
- Standard tier, 200+ capacity
- reasonably practicable procedures to reduce harm and enable evacuation
- Enhanced tier, 800+ capacity
- risk assessments, security plans, staff training, cooperation with authorities
- Designated senior individual
- a named person accountable for compliance
- Documented and demonstrable
- procedures recorded, drilled and evidenced on inspection
- Notify and guide
- Always-on voice rooms keep your security team connected at all times, and one tap sends two-way SMS to everyone else: no app, no data connection, just their normal Messages inbox. Push-to-talk reaches every member instantly · two-way SMS to any phone · zone-specific rooms for targeted alerts.
- Full accountability
- A designated senior individual needs an evidence base. whoot. records every communication, decision and action with an immutable, exportable trail for SIA inspection. Immutable audit logs: who, what, when · speaker identification on all recordings · exportable reports for inspections.
- Documented procedures
- Procedures must be recorded and demonstrable, not just written down. Real-time AI transcription turns every drill and incident into searchable, attributable text. Speech-to-text in 30+ languages · AI summaries and action items · full-text search across every record.
- Drill and improve
- The Act expects staff training and continuous improvement. Scenario replay turns every drill into a training asset and every incident into a lesson. Timeline scrubbing with speaker waveforms · synced transcript: click a line, jump to audio · identify response gaps and refine.





