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The secret security guard

A G4S insider's view of London 2012
  • The Olympic Stadium at night

    The secret security guard: on the night shift, anything goes

    The secret security guard
    It's tiring keeping yourself awake all night, but there's little work to do until dawn breaks and the park comes alive again
  • Soldiers at Olympic Park

    The secret security guard: after hours in front of a screen, you miss things

    The secret security guard
    In my training I was told to take a break from the x-ray machine every 20 minutes, but there aren't enough of us for that
  • G4S security workers, Olympic Park

    The secret security guard: G4S is the Millwall of the Olympics

    The secret security guard
    Resentment simmers over the recruitment failures and a scanner team missed fake weapons put in as a test, says our G4S insider
  • A security worker stands near the Olympic Stadium in London

    The secret security guard: everything will be fine, until it isn't

    The only security project bigger than an Olympic Games is a war, an ex-army trainer told our G4S team insider

  • Olympic security

    G4S trainee: 'Most people failed the initial x-ray exam. But not for long'

    The writer – due to join G4S's security team for the Olympics – reveals fears that training for the job is far from sufficient

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