Equestrian Community Integrity Unit
The Equestrian Community Integrity Unit (ECIU) were on site in Tokyo for the Olympic Games where they deployed the latest state of the art surveillance system to the stables. The new system records footage 24/7 and can be live monitored at any time from any location. This greatly enhances the safety and security of both people and horses on site at events where the technology is deployed. The Olympic Games was the second of three events where the ECIU deployed the system in 2021; the FEI World Endurance Championships, Pisa (ITA) and the FEI European Jumping Championships, Riesenbeck (GER), being the first and third respectively.
The ECIU reporting hotline is a key tool in the battle against wrongdoing within our sport. For the time period of October 2020 to September 2021, the ECIU received 16 unique reports to the hotline. Reports are reviewed on a case-by-case basis with a large proportion filed and stored within the ECIU’s data management system, CLUE, whilst awaiting for further intelligence to progress with any action.
The following data details how the ECIU records the information received through the hotline, and the graphs indicate the trends that are taking place within the Equestrian Community over the past five years.
The ECIU can be contacted through the hotline on +44 (0) 207 935 5822 or by email at report@equestrianintegrity.com
Data Received from ECIU Hotline
Table 1. Category break down and comparison of reports received by the ECIU between October 2019 to September 2020 and October 2020 to September 2021.
