Inspector Tom Wingate Olympic Policing Coordination Community Relations Team

1. Inspector Tom Wingate Olympic Policing Coordination Community Relations Team 472 days to go... Not Protectively Marked

2. 6th July 2005 - London wins the bid! Not Protectively Marked

3. 7th July 2005 - Just 24hrs later... Not Protectively Marked

4. But… This is a celebration of sport, not a celebration of security… Not Protectively Marked

5. 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 busiest day! Not Protectively Marked

6. 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 Duration Not Protectively Marked

7. Venues – not just London Other London Venues: Wembley Arena Earls Court ExCeL Greenwich Park Horse Guards Parade Hyde Park Lord’s North Greenwich Arena The Mall Royal Artillery Barracks Wimbledon Hampden Park, Glasgow St James’s Park, Newcastle Old Trafford, Manchester City of Coventry Stadium Broxbourne, Canoe & Kayak Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Hadleigh Farm, Mountain Biking Dorney Lake, Rowing Royal Holloway, Village Olympic Park, London Weymouth & Portland, Sailing Not Protectively Marked

8. Pre-Games Training Camps - North West - London - Wales - East of England - North East - South East - Yorks & Humber - West Midlands - Scotland - South West Glasgow Various Durham Manchester York Leeds Knowsley Sheffield Loughborough Birmingham Cambridge Bury St Edmonds Cheltenham Bedford Borough Swansea Aylesbury Cardiff & Newport Bristol Hertford Bath Gillingham Ipswich Borough Surrey - TBC Richmond Maidstone Sevenoaks Tonbridge Crawley Not Protectively Marked

9. Safety & Security Strategy "To deliver a safe and secure Games, in keeping with the Olympic culture & spirit" Not Protectively Marked

10. 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 Not Protectively Marked

11. Risks 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 Not Protectively Marked

12. 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 Not Protectively Marked

13. Role of Police Service 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 Not Protectively Marked

14. 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 Not Protectively Marked

15. Olympic Torch Relay • 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) Not Protectively Marked

16. Parallel Events • Government Olympic Executive (GOE) UK-Wide Operations role • "Tier 1" Prestige Live Sites • Other Live Sites and Events • Non-LOCOG Venues • Event Coordination Calendars Not Protectively Marked

17. Big Screen Live Sites Edinburgh Middlesbrough Leeds Bradford Manchester Derby Leicester Birmingham Norwich Coventry Swansea Swindon Waltham Forest Cardiff Woolwich Bristol Dover Portsmouth Plymouth Not Protectively Marked

18. 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! Not Protectively Marked

19. Summary • 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 Not Protectively Marked

20. Questions? Not Protectively Marked