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The Greek government will deploy 70,000 people from various parts of the military and police forces, said George Voulgarakis, Greece’s ministry of public order more commonly known as the “Olympic security czar” in the year leading up to the 2004 games.
The Olympic security price tag of $1.5 billion apparently means little to potential spectators “once you realize that the Olympic village, Athens, hell, the whole of Greece, has a big red bull's-eye painted on it,” a counter-terrorism expert and former C.I.A. officer hired to do consulting by Olympic officials told MSNBC.com.
United States security forces; and 5,000 members of the Canadian Military. Continue reading at NowPublic.com: Olympic Security: Massive Security for Vancouver 2010 Games | NowPublic News Coverage www.nowpublic.com...
It is likely one of the largest security operations taking place on Canadian soil. In total it is expected that 15,000 security personnel will be on hand providing security for the games - consider there are around 5,000 athletes and that is a 3 to 1 ratio of security personnel to athletes Continue reading at NowPublic.com: Olympic Security: Massive Security for Vancouver 2010 Games | NowPublic News Coverage www.nowpublic.com...
The bill for security for the Vancouver Olympics is massive over, $1 billion and that does not include overtime costs for the Vancouver Police force according to the Georgia Straight Newspaper. Continue reading at NowPublic.com: Olympic Security: Massive Security for Vancouver 2010 Games | NowPublic News Coverage www.nowpublic.com...
The security operation is led by the police, with 10,000 officers available, supported by 13,500 members of the armed forces
The cost of security has also increased from £282m to £553m.[676.9m USD] This will be the biggest security operation Britain has faced for decades.
The security firm had been committed to supply 13,700 guards as demanded in its contract, worth £284m, which it now says it is unlikely to be able to fulfil. Overall, the 23,700-strong security force for the Games will include a mix of military, private security guards and at least 3,000 unpaid volunteers.