Major sports events are increasingly under threat from groups anxious to hi-jack their profile and global audience for their own political and criminal ends. While the attack by Palestinian terrorists on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich may provide the most horrific example of the collision between sport and political extremism, every event is and will remain a potential target.
Ensuring the safety and security of competitors, spectators, officials and media are the primary objectives of all event organisers. And in the light of the ever-present, constantly-evolving terrorist threat, sports event security has become a multi billion dollar business.
Today, sports event security is a highly specialised discipline which draws on the expertise of professionals drawn from the armed forces and police and intelligence services as well as event and facility management and operations professionals.
Sports Security and Safety: Evolving Strategies for a Changing World is an essential report that draws on the experience of highly placed experts to deliver an insider's guide to the processes of threat assessment and analysis, strategy development and the implementation of effective security programmes at sports events.
This specialist report:
- Examines the nature of the threat to sports events from external forces and from disturbances within a stadium or facility
- Explains the role and boundaries of the operations of intelligence and law enforcement agencies around the world
- Introduces the principles of effective risk assessment
- Delivers insight into the development of comprehensive event security strategies
- Focuses on the practical issues faced by those charged with implemented and managing security programmes
- Presents concise security case studies of recent events
- Interviews the most experienced individuals in this fast-changing field and provides an opportunity to share their valuable insight.
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