London 2012 The Olympic and Paralympic Games

Chief Inspector Chris Green Metropolitan Police Service London - UK MO6 – Public Order Branch

Tokyo November 2019 Summer of 2012 - not just sporting events

• Queen’s Diamond Jubilee • World Pride • Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays • Big screens and Live Sites • Cultural celebrations and events • Music festivals • Notting Hill Carnival • Domestic sporting fixtures The Challenge

The Olympic & Paralympic Games in numbers: • 27th July – 9th September 2012 • 34 venues across United Kingdom • 11 million tickets • 14,700 athletes • 205 countries represented • 21,000 media & broadcasters • 28 days of competition • 7,500 team officials & 3,000 technical officials • Peak days 14,500 Police officers deployed • Around 16,500 military played a key role • 70,000 volunteer “Games Makers” selected from 240,000 volunteers • 800,000 visitors to use public transport on busiest day! Planning principles

• Needed a consistent national approach that built on what we knew worked

• Locally commanded but centrally coordinated (12 of the 43 forces hosted Olympic events. 70% of events in London. Every force (52 in total) provided mutual aid)

• 'Blue Games”

• Roles and responsibilities were as per the normal national guidance

• Threat level – Severe (actually substantial)

• Sporting event with a security overlay Venues – not just London

Other London Venues: Hampden Park, Glasgow Wembley Arena Earls Court ExCeL St James’s Park, Newcastle Greenwich Park Horse Guards Parade Hyde Park Lord’s Old Trafford, Manchester North Greenwich Arena The Mall Royal Artillery Barracks City of Coventry Stadium Wimbledon Broxbourne, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Canoe & Kayak Hadleigh Farm, Mountain Biking Dorney Lake, Rowing Olympic Park, Royal Holloway, Village London Kent, cycling Weymouth & Portland, Sailing Paralympics Olympic Security Framework

OLYMPIC SECURITY "A safe and secure Olympic and STRATEGY Paralympic Games in keeping with the Olympic sprit"

OSSSRA – Strategic Risk Outlined key risks to the Assessment Olympics and Paralympics

CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS Roles and responsibilities of

partners TEST EXERCISE & TEST

RISK MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT RISK Integrated Programme ID & C2, PLAN Delivery Plans PROTECT PREPARE DISRUPT RESOURCE ENGAGE

DETAILED PLANS Olympic Safety and Security Programme

Site & Personnel Accred- VIP Transport Border CBRNE Venue CCTV Protect itation Security Security Protection Security Security

Critical Specialist Olympic Olympic Prepare Supporting Response Resilience Infra- structure

Serious & Volume Olympic Organised ANPR Covert I & D Intelligence Crime Crime

Home Office Olympic Demand Operational National Logistics Control ACPO/MPS C2PR and Training Co- Airwave Infra- Infra- Resource structure ordination structure DfT (TRANSEC)

UKBA

Inter- Community Cabinet Office (CCS) Engage1 national Relationship Prevent Relations s CPNI

NPIA 2012 Security and Safety: Who did what

• Home Secretary and Ministers: accountable for security and safety programme; provided ‘guarantee’ to IOC

• Office of Security and Counter Terrorism: responsible for single integrated strategy, programme architecture, performance monitoring and allocation of funding..

• .. working through Olympic Security Directorate (OSD)

• MPS Assistant Commissioner - National Olympic Security Coordinator Nominated national police lead responsible for delivery of projects, operational planning and execution. Was supported by an MPS/ACPO Olympic Policing Co-ordination Team co-located with OSD

• Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) responsible for designing in security measures at new venues

• LOCOG responsible for preparing & staging the Games, safety of spectators, and the provision of routine safety and security measures London 2012 Command Team

• Any large UK event works to Gold, Silver, Bronze Command Structure:

– GOLD Commander Bob Broadhurst – SILVER Commander Mick Johnson – BRONZE 7 principle Bronzes

1) Bx Central 5) Bx Pan London 2) Bx Park 6) Bx Road Events 3) Bx Rivers 7) Bx Stadium 4) Bx Torch New national structures and teams

National Olympic Security Coordinator (NOSC)

• Provided leadership, advice, guidance & support to Olympic Gold Commanders

• Provided single point of coordination for all safety & security partners and the single link with Government

• Ensured that the necessary briefings and updates supplied to Government and Gold Commanders

• Worked closely with National Director of Counter Terrorism Policing on any CT matters of impact on the Games

• Supported by the newly created National Olympic Coordination Centre (NOCC) New national structures and teams

National Olympic Coordination Centre (NOCC)

• Supported the National Olympic Security Coordinator

• Over 16 agencies/functions represented – including fire, ambulance, military, intelligence, media etc

• Provided guidance to Gold commanders to ensure national consistency and direction

• Provided interface between Government and local policing/safety operations

• Developed and maintained Games related situational awareness and provided partners with timely and accurate information

• Supported Director of CT Policing in relation to CT related Games safety and security matters The threat to security

• Terrorist Activity

• Serious Organised Crime

• Public Protest

• Natural Hazards Response to strategic risks

• Terrorist Activity • Designed in security • Island Sites • Layers of Security

• Criminal Activity, including Serious & Organised Crime • Operation Podium • New Legislation for fraud offences • Daily tasking process

• Public protest • Protest Liaison Teams • Effective policing response • Clear public statements Strategic risks - Protest

• Peaceful protest fundamental UK right (Articles 9/ 10/ 11 of European Convention on Human Rights) • Over 100 groups or individuals identified as wanting to protest in relation to the Olympics • Some wanted to disrupt the Olympics to further their cause • No additional legislation in place to manage protest during the games • Critical mass protest on 27th July 2012 (Olympic Opening Ceremony) saw 300 cyclists go to London Stadium, despite conditions being imposed on them under the Public Order Act • 182 arrested to prevent disruption to the Opening Ceremony • Black cab protest on same night High level lessons learnt

• Importance of experienced and consistent key individuals across all organisations

• Importance of an overarching security framework understood and delivered by all

• Importance of partnership working across all organisations

• Requirement for testing and exercising at all levels to develop teams prior to the event

• Effective communication strategies vital, nationally and internationally Tactical level lessons learnt

• 'No Battle Plan Survives Contact With the Enemy' - flexibility, flexibility, flexibility

• Relationship building across organisations is essential

• Resilience across command teams

• Be clear about your role within delivering the event

• Briefing officers need to emphasise 'look and feel' of the operation you seek to deliver

• National co-ordination and effective recording of skills crucial.

• Importance of Police Liaison Teams (protest) continues to this day A ‘Gold-Standard’ Games

• Focus remained on incredible sporting achievements

• Huge public support and community involvement

• No major incidents

• A reduction in crime achieved over the period

• Showcased the UK and British policing to the world