Most observers won’t see what the police and soldiers are doing in the hot zone
Toronto police will have 22 dog handlers with 34 police dogs at its disposal for the G20 summit. The unit demonstrated its crowd control techniques on June 3, 2010.
CARLOS OSORIO/TORONTO STARJennifer Yang Staff Reporter
What exactly does $1 billion worth of summit security look like? Most Canadians will never truly know, seeing as the bulk of security efforts will unfold behind the scenes at the G20 summit this month.
But at a “technical briefing” Thursday morning, summit officials offered a snapshot of G20 security on the streets this June 26 and 27.
Hosted by the summit’s RCMP-led Integrated Security Unit, the event was a veritable dog and pony show of law enforcement — quite literally, in some cases, because some demonstrations involved K-9 and horse-mounted units. The phalanx of law enforcement officers included cops on bicycles, cops in riot gear, cops with bomb-defusing robots; security units also demonstrated everything from motorcades to the controversial “sound cannons” or long range acoustic devices (LRADs) that may be used on restive protest crowds. The show of force was both reassuring and disturbing to behold.
Do these stories have any purpose other than to intimidate potential protesters. Tom
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