2010
4
Jan
Lord Moynihan, chairman of the British Olympic Association, is proposing a new law that would give police the right to search Olympic athletes’ rooms for performance-enhancing drugs.Whilst using performance enhancing drugs is outwith the rules of the O…
2009
8
Jun
It seems that we may be taking one step further to becoming a police state. Emulating the Chinese, the police are studying Chinese surveillance tactics as they ready themselves for the 2012 London Olympics.One tactic being considered is the installatio…
2009
27
Feb
The Olympics in 2012 is turning out to be a security nightmare, presenting the Home Office with the largest peacetime security operation since the Second World War.There will be up to 10,000 officers policing the event, this accounts for around 7% of a…
2009
13
Jan
The Telegraph reports that police are concerned that the failure of the Home Office to deliver a £600M security plan (deadline last September, but postponed to some time in 2010) threatens the security of the 2012 London Olympics.Given the government’…