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

Woolwich

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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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