Muster Briefing and Deployment Centres

Temporary policing facilities for major events

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be the biggest sporting event that London and the UK has ever seen. It will attract millions of additional visitors to the Capital and will make London the focus of the world during the summer of 2012.

During the Games' time, the Met will deploy officers across London to ensure the safety and security of the events, venues and crucially all residents and visitors to the capital. In addition, more police officers will come from other forces outside of London to work with the Met as part of the standard procedure for large scale events.

A consistent daily briefing for all officers and staff policing the Games is a key requirement, especially as a number of different venues will be used during the Games.

During Games' time three Muster Briefing and Deployment Centres are proposed for London. One would cover central and west London Olympic venues, one to cover the area around Greenwich and one for the area around the Olympic Park, Victoria Park and Stratford.

These are a tried and tested way of marshalling and briefing large numbers of police officers in one go, and have been used for other large scale events such as Notting Hill Carnival and the G8 Summit over a number of years. They have also been used to help police major political events, such as the annual party conferences. They are temporary purpose built structures designed to support large numbers of officers for short periods of time.