London police on alert for carnival
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August 28, 2011, Sunday
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BRITISH police will have a large street presence in London capital during the Notting Hill Carnival, officials said on Friday, deployed among the Calypso dancers and steel drum bands following intelligence suggesting gangs want to create trouble there.
The move reflects a city -- and police force - still on edge after four nights of rioting and looting this month left London reeling. There have been many questions whether the initial police response was adequate.
Thousands of officers will be on patrol at the carnival and elsewhere in the capital, creating a combined force bigger than the 5,000 officers who were on duty for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton earlier this year.
The two-day festival starting today will also end before dark as a precaution.
Police have already arrested 40 people in raids before the carnival, which celebrates Caribbean culture and typically attracts about 1 million people. There will be 5,500 officers on duty in London's Notting Hill today and 6,500 tomorrow, the main day of the carnival, police said.
The disorder earlier this month, which spread from London to other cities across England, was blamed on gangs stirring up trouble.
The move reflects a city -- and police force - still on edge after four nights of rioting and looting this month left London reeling. There have been many questions whether the initial police response was adequate.
Thousands of officers will be on patrol at the carnival and elsewhere in the capital, creating a combined force bigger than the 5,000 officers who were on duty for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton earlier this year.
The two-day festival starting today will also end before dark as a precaution.
Police have already arrested 40 people in raids before the carnival, which celebrates Caribbean culture and typically attracts about 1 million people. There will be 5,500 officers on duty in London's Notting Hill today and 6,500 tomorrow, the main day of the carnival, police said.
The disorder earlier this month, which spread from London to other cities across England, was blamed on gangs stirring up trouble.
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