OLYMPICS: Have Police
Saved G4S Security Crisis?
Of the 12
police forces around the
Olympics venue, 9 are believed to have been drafted in to shore-up the
shortfall in G4S security staff at the
2012 Games.
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| Olympic Police Pic: Daily Mail |
Sky News have reported that the police have “deployed hundreds of officers” – but that might change in the next few days.
The
Police National Olympic Security Coordinator, Assistant Commissioner Chris
Allison, says that plans “were put in place” so that the police officers could
deploy these officers, because “delivering a safe and secure Games is
priority…”
UPDATE:
It appears that the
G4S fiasco could have been
prevented. A leaked memo from G4S Head of Olympic Security has revealed that
advanced training of new recruits was 'too expensive'.
With 3,000 unpaid volunteers, and
students and others in current employment (who's training will have to be rushed
before the opening of the
2012 Olympic Games); it isn't surprising that this fiasco has taken place.
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