National Force to be tasked with security of Rio 2016 arenas

The contractor hired for the job quit after claiming it lacked the

Published on 29/07/2016 - 16:34 By Isabela Vieira reports from Agência Brasil - Rio de Janeiro

National Security Force agents are to take one more responsibility during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: frisking at sporting venues and the Olympic Village. The announcement was made Monday by Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes. He also reported that the company Artel Recursos Humanos, originally hired for the job, canceled the contract after claiming it lacked the funding to recruit personnel. Over 3 thousand private agents were required.

For terminating the agreement with the government, the company will be fined “not just for this act of incompetence, but also for the irresponsibility of registering 3 thousand people and subsequently calling a mere 500, claiming they were facing financial difficulties,” the minister said.

Frisking and the monitoring of X-ray equipment will now be the duties of the military police officers, some of whom retired, who had been registered before and were called three weeks ago.

The quality of the services is now expected to be higher, the minister said.

“The Olympic Games will not face any drawbacks, as the replacement will be an improvement, with military agents to be incorporated into the National Force, in charge of the entirety of the security scheme of the Olympic venues, in a joint effort,” he added.


Translated by Fabrício Ferreira


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