Training Course Launched to Prep Police for London 2012

The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) have produced an online training course to help police officers and the emergency services prepare for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The first of three parts of the course will focus on safety and security, discount plus information about venues, cheap the torch relay and cultural celebrations. The second, launched in September, will look at command and control structures, while the third, launched in March 2012, provides police operational briefings.

The NPIA said the aim was to increase understanding of the Games among the 250,000 police officers and staff plus 50,000 fire and ambulance personnel across Britain and police officers due to take part in policing the games will need to complete all three sections of the course. Fire and and ambulance staff will only have to finish the first section of the course.

NPIA chief executive Nick Gargan said: “It is crucial that all emergency staff work together to ensure safety and security at the London Games and events linked to them around the country.”