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        January 24, 2012

　

(CNN Student News) -- January 24, 2012 Olympic Security AZUZ: Starting in about six months, London`s going to have something to sing about. It`s going to dominate sports news for two weeks. The city is hosting this year`s Summer Olympics. Organizers and officials want to make sure that the athletes are the main event when the games start. So they`re focusing on security right now. Dan Rivers reports on the efforts leading up to this year`s Olympics. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DAN RIVERS, CNN REPORTER: London has always taken its security seriously. The Royal Navy College has been in Greenwich since 1873, and used to train some of the finest military minds back in the days when Britain was a super power of the seas. And it`s that tradition that organizers are keen to uphold during the Olympic Games -- RIVERS (voice-over): -- so much so that in December the security budget for the event was raised by $450 million to $850 million by the British government. The new plans include 131/2 thousand troops providing support as well as the Royal Navy`s H.M.S. Ocean being moored in Greenwich, which is where I met Col. Richard Kemp, a former member of the Cobra Crisis Committee, for a boat trip along the Thames. RIVERS: So we`re here on the Thames right where H.M.S. Ocean is going to be moored during the Olympics. What will she bring to the operation? COL. RICHARD KEMP, FORMER MEMBER, COBRA CRISIS COMMITTEE: It`s a very, very sophisticated communications platform. The military will be basically enhancing the capability of the overall Olympics security operation in a range of tasks, from the waterborne security that we`ve spoken about through to anti-aircraft security. RIVERS (voice-over): The security operation will be a joint effort between the military, the government and the police. Time for a stop to find out what the police priorities will be. RIVERS: Hello, Brian. Is this going to be the biggest security operation this country`s ever seen? BRIAN PADDICK, FMR. DEP. ASST. POLICE COMMISSIONER: I think it is. I mean, we`ve had, you know, very high profile events. We had the royal wedding, for example, last year. But this is multiple events, happening in multiple locations. It`s not just the Olympics sites themselves, it`s the infrastructure. It`s the underground system. It`s the electricity system. All could potentially be targeted. RIVERS: The authorities in London are used to organizing thousands of events each year, but the Olympics is the biggest, most complex for a generation. And as the clock ticks down to the opening ceremony, everybody is hoping they`ve got the security dimension just right. (END VIDEO CLIP)