Rio Olympics security firm fired, maligned police force takes over - Yahoo Sports
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Less than a week before the 2016 Rio Olympics are set to start, the Brazil Ministry of Justice terminated its contract with a private firm that was supposed to provide security for the games. The ministry cited incompetence and irresponsibility from the Rio de Janeiro-based firm Artel, and moved to strip them of their duties.
It's not hard to see why the Ministry of Justice reacted so harshly. With only a few days left until the first venues are set to open, Artel admitted that they have only hired 500 security personnel.
They were supposed to hire 3,400.
These staff members were going to be responsible for screening visitors outside each Olympic venue. X-ray machines and body searches are now going to be handled by local police forces to secure areas that are expected to have tens of thousands of screaming fans.
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It's bad enough that something of this size is being held in a place of current dubious stability, but to think that the locals will have to basically handle all security (if that was a good idea, why not just plan on it in the first place?)...but what a better place and time for the scumbags to strike?
Common sense says that if something nefarious is being planned...it just became a lot easier with security being stretched so thin.
I really, really, have a bad feeling about this.
Never have I wished so much...that I was completely wrong.
