Security Costs

I was astounded by the numbers in this article. The Vancouver Olympic Games Committee had originally budgeted 175 Million Canadian Dollars (About 167.5 Million US Dollars) for security. I thought that that was a lot of money. Well, they will in all actuality, spend about 1 Billion Canadian Dollars on security for these games. On what do you ask? About 20% of Canada's entire police force is in Vancouver. Over 11,800 members of Canadian police and air forces are patrolling Vancouver and surrounding areas. This does not include the American forces who protect all American athletes and their living quarters. Is this too much? In my personal opinion, no. It is better to be safe than sorry. If something would happen, then Canada would be blamed for having not enough security, now there is no way this can be said. They have done everything in their power to protect the athletes and spectators. Some may ask if they used too much money for security. My response is, there is no price on a human life.

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