Glasgow 2014: G4S up for stewarding role at Commonwealth Games


A security firm which admitted its handling of the London Olympics was a "humiliating shambles" may provide stewarding at the Commonwealth Games.

G4S is one of 19 companies being considered by organisers Glasgow 2014 to help police at the event.

The firms will provide stewarding and security at the games venues and other sites, such as the athletes village.

G4S paid £70m in compensation to the London games organising committee which used soldiers to plug security gaps.

G4S came under severe criticism ahead of the 2012 Olympics, when it emerged that it had failed to recruit and train enough of the guards it had promised for the event.

SOURCE: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow

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