Helicopters, drones, jammer-guns, 45,000 police, 20,000 soldiers and 15-20,000 private security personnel.
Paris is ready for the Olympics. How safe is it? Ken Browne is in the French capital.
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Paris is ready for the Olympics. How safe is it? Ken Browne is in the French capital.
#paris2024 #olympics #france #security
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00:0015 million people are set to pass through Paris during the Olympics and securing the city will take the biggest rollout of French forces in history.
00:1045,000 police and gendarmes, 20,000 soldiers, 15 to 20,000 private security personnel, around 100,000 active agents will try to keep Paris safe during the world's largest sporting event.
00:26There are three main threats. There is a so-called protest threat, there is a threat that is more closely linked to crime, to delinquency, and then there is the issue of terrorism.
00:38Imagine a mass terrorist attack, that's the worst case scenario. But the President of the Republic's bet is that there is no success without some risk, then mitigating that risk with the commitment of 100% of our resources.
00:53Security bubbles will be set up around sensitive events with a heavy police presence on the ground and permanent airborne security systems in the sky, including helicopters and drones.
01:05While jammer gun operators will be on standby to neutralize any potentially malicious drone attacks by cutting their communications.
01:15Paris 2024 is France's first Olympics in a hundred years and some 2,000 police reinforcements are coming from partner countries around the world.
01:25Spain alone sending almost 200 officers. Then there are the QR codes that locals have to download just to move around the city and get home.
01:35Many streets and bridges have also been closed causing traffic gridlock. But is it enough?
01:42I think most of French people are concerned about security because it's Paris, it's a big city, we have history with security and of course it's an interrogation to have because we will be a lot of people in Paris.
01:58I think it's going to be safe, that's my opinion now honestly. I hope, I cross the finger but I think it's going to be safe and it's going to be a huge event for Paris and we have been waiting for 100 years, I just said so.
02:12Paris is betting big on a unique Games with a once in a century security deployment aiming to keep the spotlight firmly on the sport.
02:21Ken Brown, CGTN, Paris.