London 2012 Security Inadequate – Former Official 17/12/2008 |
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The former Assistant Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, who was also responsible for security at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, wrote in the Telegraph that security planning for the London 2012 Games is being undermined by cost cutting and delays at the Home Office.
The Telegraph reports Tarique Ghaffur warned that delays in producing a security master plan for the Games mean time is running short to ensure that London 2012 is effectively policed.
He also says that the 600 million pound budget set aside for security is inadequate, and the Government will be forced to "throw money" at the problem as the Games draw closer.
Ghaffur wrote, "in a world of international terrorist threats, chemical and biological weaponry and electronic sabotage, London needs a robust and effective security plan to protect the city and those attending the 2012 Games. From what I have seen and heard since I left the force I am concerned that there will be no time to deliver this ambition".
The Home Office is reportedly promising to make its plans public in January at the earliest.
Meanwhile Home Office minister John Patten said last week that political in-fighting threatened to undermine police and intelligence agency efforts to secure the Games, reports the newspaper.
(Source: Gamesbids.com)
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