The British police have announced they would deploy 12,500 officers on streets during the London Olympics. The officers will be from 52 forces across Britain, with 9,500 being deployed in London.
Furthermore, 10,500 army personnel will be deployed during the Olympic Games. Typhoon aircraft, helicopters, HMS Ocean, and Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) systems will also come to the army personnel’s help during the events.
The Metropolitan Police have said the measures taken are an indication that the British police have learnt lessons from the violent unrest last year.
“We are in a different place to where I think we were last summer, a number of sentences have been given by the courts which I think will act as a clear deterrent to people, communities themselves have come out and said, `This is not acceptable,”‘ said Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Chris Allison.
“We have command team in place, we have up to 9,500 officers on duty (in London) on peak days, unlike last summer when we didn’t,” Allison added.
Some ‘security’ measures taken by the British government have been severely criticized, especially the deployment of missiles on private premises.
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