In less than a month before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, a meeting was held that gathered the people in charge of the Metropolitan Police Department, who are in charge of guarding the competition venues, and Mr. Minoru Saito said, "It will be a different tournament than originally expected, but training and countermeasures. I want you to fully demonstrate the results of. "
Approximately 550 people, including those in charge, attended the meeting held at the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters.
At the beginning, Police Chief Saito said, "The tournament will be different from the initial assumption, such as the acceptance of spectators from overseas will be stopped and the spectators in Japan will be restricted, but the results of training and measures over 7 years will be fully demonstrated. I want you to work together to complete the security. "
After that, the meeting discussed the specific security system and traffic measures for the torch relay.
The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be held at 43 competition venues, mainly in Tokyo, and support teams from the Metropolitan Police Department and police from all over the country will be on the largest scale ever to guard the venue and its surroundings.
In preparation for a situation such as terrorism, the Metropolitan Police Department has introduced the latest equipment that interferes with suspicious drone flight by radio waves, such as getting on a personal watercraft in the coastal area where competition venues are concentrated and waiting for special forces to respond. It is a policy to take thorough measures.