Police 'shortage' for 2012 Games / BBC, 1 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7483598.stm
"A lack of security staff for London's Olympics means veteran police officers must be brought out of retirement, a senior police figure has said. More than 1,500 officers will also have to be brought to London from other parts of the UK to guard the Games. Cuts to police dogs and horses will now have to be reversed to provide the level of protection required, Assistant Met Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur said."