Inspector Tom WingateOlympic Policing CoordinationCommunity Relations Team
472 days to go...
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6th July 2005 - London wins the bid!
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7th July 2005 - Just 24hrs later...
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But…
This is a celebration of sport, not a celebration of security…
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The Challenge
The Olympic & Paralympic Games in numbers: • 27th July – 9th September 2012• 115 day policing operation • 34 venues across United Kingdom• 9.1 million tickets • 14,700 athletes • Olympic Park - size of 357 football pitches • 205 countries represented • 771 medal events • 21,000 media & broadcasters • 28 days of competition • 7,500 team officials & 3,000 technical officials • 205 National Olympic Committees• 800,000 visitors to use public transport on
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Duration
A whole summer of celebration!
• Olympic Games • Paralympic Games• Notting Hill Carnival • Ramadan• Wimbledon Tennis• Parallel Events• Queen’s Diamond Jubilee• Premier League Football• Jamaican Independence 50th Anniversary • Business as usual
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Venues – not just London
Weymouth & Portland, Sailing
Olympic Park, London
Other London Venues:
Wembley ArenaEarls CourtExCeLGreenwich ParkHorse Guards ParadeHyde ParkLord’sNorth Greenwich ArenaThe MallRoyal Artillery BarracksWimbledon
Broxbourne, Canoe & KayakMillennium Stadium, Cardiff
Old Trafford, Manchester
Hampden Park, Glasgow
St James’s Park, Newcastle
Hadleigh Farm, Mountain Biking
City of Coventry Stadium
Dorney Lake, Rowing
Royal Holloway, Village
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Bury St Edmonds
Pre-Games Training Camps
Cambridge
Loughborough
Ipswich Borough
Bedford Borough
- East of England
Richmond
- London
Glasgow
- Scotland- North East
Various
Durham
- North West
Manchester
Knowsley
- Yorks & Humber
LeedsYork
Sheffield
Birmingham
- West Midlands- Wales
Cardiff & NewportSwansea
- South West
Cheltenham
BristolBath
- South East
Aylesbury
Surrey - TBCGillingham
Sevenoaks
Hertford
Maidstone
TonbridgeCrawley
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"To deliver a safe and secure Games, in keeping with the Olympic culture & spirit"
Safety & Security Strategy
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Five Strategic Objectives
• Protect Olympic & Paralympic venues, events & supporting transport infrastructure, & those attending & using them
• Prepare for events that may significantly disrupt the safety & security of the Games & ensure capabilities are in place to mitigate their impact
• Identify & Disrupt threats to the safety & security of the Games
• Command, Control, Plan & Resource for the safety & security operation
• Engage with international & domestic partners & communities, to enhance our security & ensure the success of our Strategy
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Strategic Risks: • Terrorist Activity • Criminal Activity, including Serious &
Organised Crime• Public Disorder & domestic extremism• Non-malicious hazards e.g. pandemic
or heat wave• Crowd Management• Damage to UK reputation• Policing resource stretch
Risks
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Basic planning principles
• Sporting event with a security overlay
• Requirement for consistent national approach
• Police operations will be locally commanded but centrally coordinated
• Wherever possible, we will use business as usual processes to deliver this unique event
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In venue• Minimal – small presence at search lines
and in venues to support searchers / stewards if required
Outside venue• Protection of life & property• Prevention & detection of crime• Develop, & potentially activate, any joint
contingency plans to deal with major incidents & to coordinate the response of the emergency services
Role of Police Service
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National Olympic Security Coordinator
• Games-time national policing Command, Control & Coordination (C3)
• Principal coordinating police officer for delivery of the national safety & security operation
• Supported from now until Games-time by NOSC Board with multi- agency representation
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• Flame arrives into UK on Friday 18th May 2012
• Relay commences Saturday 19th May 2012
• 70 day Olympic Torch Relay across Great Britain & Northern Ireland
• Flame should be within one hour travelling for 90% of the host nation’s residents (IOC): LOCOG planning for 95% of the population.
• Morning photo opportunity• Lunchtime celebration site (school or
sports events)• Evening celebration sites (existing
concerts, festivals or bespoke)
Olympic Torch Relay
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• Government Olympic Executive (GOE) UK-Wide Operations role
• "Tier 1" Prestige Live Sites• Other Live Sites and Events• Non-LOCOG Venues• Event Coordination Calendars
Parallel Events
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Big Screen Live Sites
Edinburgh
Middlesbrough
LeedsBradford
Manchester Derby
LeicesterBirmingham
CoventryNorwich
Swansea
Cardiff
Bristol
Swindon
Waltham Forest
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Next Steps
• Continuing to build infrastructure• Further development of joint plans with
LOCOG and other partners• Operational delivery in and around
Olympic & Paralympic Park• Socialising the security plan nationally• Building confidence with international
partners & stakeholders• Lots of testing and exercising!
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• Will be a fantastic sporting event!• An opportunity for British Police Service
to further enhance its international reputation
• It will be a significant challenge, but the British Police Service is very well practiced in delivering safety & security at large scale public events
Summary
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Questions?
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