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Inside golf course bosses' security measures ahead of Donald Trump's visit – including unusual ‘lookouts'
More details of the President's trip are expected to emerge in the coming days
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SECURITY chiefs at Donald Trump's Scots golf courses are keeping an eye on Who's who in the lead-up to his visit this week — by deploying Dalek-style look-outs.
The bizarre-looking devices — resembling the TV Timelord's croaky-voiced enemies — will alert cops to troublemakers at the US President's luxury resorts.
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Daleks have been set up to detect intruders at Trump Turnberry
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US president Donald Trump is expected in Scotland later this week
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The security bots have also been placed at Menie Course
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It comes just months after vandals targeted the clubhouse at Turnberry
They have cameras and motion sensors capable of detecting intruders and have sprung up at Turnberry, in Ayrshire, and Menie, Aberdeenshire.
Towers with thermal imaging cameras capable of detecting fires are also in place for the private trip ahead of his official UK State Visit — an unprecedented second — in September.
A source said: 'Trump's visit is a big deal so the staff need to be on their toes at all times. There has to be a constant state of readiness.'
We told how a ring of steel is being teed up as the Republican chief gets set to jet into Scotland for the first time in two years.
Trump is due to meet PM Sir Keir Starmer in Aberdeen during his trip between Friday and next Tuesday.
Plans are also being finalised for a summit with First Minister John Swinney.
He will also open his second course at Menie named after his late mother Mary Anne MacLeod, who was born on the Isle of Lewis.
The estimated £5million security operation will involve 5,000 police officers from around the UK.
Our reporters also spotted cops in marked and unmarked cars at Turnberry and white tents being set up.
A ban on on unmanned aircraft, parachutes and drones is also in force at Balmedie.
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It comes months after Trump's Ayrshire course was vandalised with pro-Palestine graffiti.
Eight people have been charged in relation to the incident on March 8 after red paint was sprayed on the clubhouse and damage was caused to the greens.
Trump's last presidential visit in 2018 prompted a major security operation and large protests in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
Assistant Chief Constable Emma Bond said: 'A policing plan will be in place to maintain public safety, balance rights to peaceful protest and minimise disruption.'
We previously told how Mr Swinney was urged to hail the 'valuable contribution' of Trump International to Scotland's economy during a visit of the President's son.
It also emerged that the FM 'reassured' Eric Trump that cops would take 'seriously' the vandalism incident.
Trump is also planing an official state visit to the UK in September.
Trump International was contacted for comment.
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The security cameras have been set up to catch intruders
