Paris sees vast security operation in countdown to Olympics
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00:00Security perimeters across the city, reinforcements called in, 36,000 police and gendarmes, 10,000
00:07soldiers without even counting foreign security forces.
00:10With 15 million visitors expected during the Olympic Games, France is determined to show
00:15it is on top of security concerns.
00:18On the Seine, 800 soldiers will be entrusted with securing the boarding zones for the 10,000
00:23athletes taking part in the opening ceremony on a four-kilometre stretch of the river.
00:29It will allow us to quickly intervene, at any point in the sector, to overcome the constraints
00:33of Paris traffic.
00:35With anti-intrusion barriers and surveillance drones, the military detail is prepared for
00:39multiple scenarios.
00:43It could be a diver infiltrating to destroy a boat, or a floating object that might be
00:47an explosive, or a drone that might drop explosives.
00:52For several months, security forces have been training in simulated terrorist attacks, particularly
00:57police with no previous such experience.
01:04In Lille, where the basketball and handball take place, the exercises unfold in a disused
01:09prison.
01:10We don't all deal with the same issues, personnel like those here today that don't have the
01:13same reflexes in terms of maintaining order.
01:16This is why we're getting together to make sure everyone's on the same page.
01:20Some of the backup comes from abroad.
01:26In Chateauroux, the venue for the shooting events, this Portuguese bomb disposal team
01:30collaborates with local police.
01:33One time in life, you understand, new things, new ideas I bring from Portugal.
01:41Our collaborative work isn't especially easy because they don't all speak French, but we
01:44manage to understand each other.
01:47A total of 8,100 foreign security forces will be deployed in Paris during the games.