London 2012 chairman pledges "safe and secure Games"

PanARMENIAN.Net - London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has promised a "safe and secure Games" despite the security guards fiasco, according to BBC News.

"We have got the numbers, courtesy of the military and our police services," he told BBC Radio 4's Today program.

An extra 3,500 troops were drafted in last week after security firm G4S admitted a shortage of staff, and a further 1,200 troops are on standby.

Lord Coe added that people involved in the Games were "overwhelmingly very positive about what we are doing".

The head of security and counter-terrorism at the Home Office, Charles Farr, has told the BBC that plugging the G4S with military personnel meant that in some respects there was an even stronger workforce now involved in the security operation.

Lord Coe said: "This is not an issue that has remotely compromised security. This was actually about the supply and the mix, it's never been about the numbers. We have got the numbers, courtesy of the military and our police services, we have got the numbers to make sure that this is a safe and secure Games."