The 78th COLPOFER General Assembly and the 1st COLPOFER - RAILPOL Symposium were successfully held in Brussels and London on 22-24 October 2024, hosted by SNCB and EUROSTAR Ltd. During the Symposium, the crucial role played by private-public partnership in the current threat scenario was highlighted by eminent speakers from EUROPOL and the European Commission DG-MOVE and DG-HOME. Topics of paramount importance for railway companies and railway police authorities ranging from the terrorist threat evaluation, the illegal migration and railway interventions after rail accidents were jointly addressed from both perspectives, the COLPOFER one and the RAILPOL one.