G4S may lose police support jobs after Olympic fiasco

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Source: The Guardian

Three of Britain's police forces are considering dropping plans to outsource support jobs to G4S following the firm's Olympic security fiasco, it has emerged.

The chief constables of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire met on Thursday and agreed to reconsider a move to shift 1,100 "back office" posts to the security contractor.

The re-evaluation of contracts came as the home secretary, Theresa May, and senior police officers defended the overall security operation as they toured the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London.

The Olympic delivery chairman, Lord Coe, also told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that security was on track: "We've got the numbers to make sure this is a safe and secure Games," he said.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jul/20/g4s-police-support-jobs-olympics

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1. What a shambles

[DCKit]

2. Ya think? nt

[intaglio]

3. How many G4S employees does it take to change a lightbulb?

3 soldiers and a policeman

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4. The comments are awesome.

What a boondoggle.