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August 24, 2011, Wednesday
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A record number of police will be deployed at London's Notting Hill Carnival this weekend to avoid any repeat of rioting that tore through parts of the capital two week's ago, London's Metropolitan Police force said yesterday.
The decision to hold the two-day event, one of Europe's biggest street parties, on August 28 and 29, had hung in the balance after the worst riots in decades shocked the country and drew a tough response to the disorder from the government.
Metropolitan Police Commander Steve Rodhouse, the operation's official spokesman, said 5,500 officers will be on duty on the Sunday and 6,500 on the Monday, a bank holiday in Britain, when the main parade takes place.
He said that would be an overall increase of 500 per day on previous years.
In addition, 4,000 extra police, would be on stand-by across the city to be used as a reserve force if serious trouble broke out at the event, he said. All police leave has been cancelled, he added.
"It is, I believe, the highest number that we've had in recent years particularly when you consider the number of officers who are available across the rest of London that are additional and that are able to be deployed." Rodhouse told reporters.
The decision to hold the two-day event, one of Europe's biggest street parties, on August 28 and 29, had hung in the balance after the worst riots in decades shocked the country and drew a tough response to the disorder from the government.
Metropolitan Police Commander Steve Rodhouse, the operation's official spokesman, said 5,500 officers will be on duty on the Sunday and 6,500 on the Monday, a bank holiday in Britain, when the main parade takes place.
He said that would be an overall increase of 500 per day on previous years.
In addition, 4,000 extra police, would be on stand-by across the city to be used as a reserve force if serious trouble broke out at the event, he said. All police leave has been cancelled, he added.
"It is, I believe, the highest number that we've had in recent years particularly when you consider the number of officers who are available across the rest of London that are additional and that are able to be deployed." Rodhouse told reporters.
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