Deadly Intent

HSA is a UK security services organisation established by the Home Office, the brainchild of HO minister, Sir Raymond Deacon. Its unofficial motto is: ‘Fight Fire with Fire.’It was set up to combat the changing threat faced by UK security forces from terrorists, organised criminal gangs, ruthless businesses and individuals. Terrorists who no longer appeared in the open but integrated themselves into local communities, criminal gangs using open borders and the web to traffic guns, drugs and people, and rich organisations and individuals who believed they were above the law.

The agency is located at a secret address in London. There, HSA agents have access to a shooting range, computers with access to all law enforcement systems, incarceration facilities, interview rooms and overnight accommodation.