LONDON, UK (Wed, Jul 18) – With just less than 10 days before the opening
ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, security concerns have outshined the
preparations for one of the biggest sporting event in the world, leaving
the British government majorly humiliated.
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| Olympics Security: Britain deployed 17,000 troops, more than present in Afghanistan |
G4S, a private security firm, was awarded a $442m contract to provide much
of the security for the event. Thousands of team officials and athletes from
all over the world will arrive this week, and masses of visitors are expected
to follow. But should they be worried?
The failure of G4S to deliver enough security staff to cover Olympic venues
has raised the debate once again about the role of the private sector in
delivering public services. Contrast to the contract G4S said it has only
about 4,000 guards trained and ready, although it claims to have 7,000 fully qualified
security staff by the time the Games kick off on July 27.
G4S failure to recruit, train and scrutinize enough staff on timely basis forced
the British government to declare last week that it was arranging an extra
3,500 troops on a very short notice to cover the difference.
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