Anti-Terrorist exercises take place to safeguard London 2012 Olympics
The organizers of the London 2012 Olympics will announce security exercises in which the police will take part to better equip themselves in dealing with a terrorist attack during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
According to Olympic security officials, at least ten exercises will take place and will highlight possible scenarios of coping with situations involving suicide bombings and truck bombs, among other things. The practical exercises will not start until next
year in spring and will aim to give the security officials a real taste of what it may be like if the worst case scenario arises.
A Home Office spokesman described and said, “Our exercises will test how those involved will manage the unprecedented nature and scale of the games which involve multiple sporting events and parallel celebrations, often at the same time across the country.
The exercises will test how government departments, police, emergency services and other partners respond to a range of incidents, how they work together, how they work with the games organiser and how information is shared with the public.”
The London police are taking all precautions that they can think of to ensure the safety of the venues at the Olympics games. Some of the activities involve timed searches of large venues. For example, locations are being searched with sniffer dogs to note
down the time it would take to make the search if needed. Even finger print teams are timing themselves.
The security officials are taking all pre-emptive measures to stop a critical situation from occurring and are trying to figure out all the possibilities through which the Olympic Games can be sabotaged. For this purpose, the Olympics intelligence Centre
has been set up by the Scotland Yard and will do the brain work necessary to identify security risks. The Olympic Intelligence Centre will also point out criminal gangs that are most likely to pose a threat to the games.
To further strengthen the security of the event, the National Olympic Coordination Centre will also be set up to enable the smooth running of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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