Public safety and order plans for each of the 54 Rio de Janeiro locations to be used during the Olympic and Paralympic Games were delivered on Thursday (7 April). The State Committee for Public Safety and Civil Defence presented the documents to Rio 2016 during an event at the organising committee headquarters.

Each plan details the role of public security forces at each location, which include competition and training venues, the athletes’ village and the International Broadcasting Centre (IBC). To guarantee security for the Games, there will be complete integration between Brazil’s police, military and civil defence forces.

“It is an integrated security plan which is the result of scenario planning and which allocates responsibilities to each organisation”

Luiz Fernando Corrêa, Rio 2016 security director

By the end of April, the organising committee will also receive the special security plans for the cities which will co-host the Olympic football matches: São Paulo, Brasília, Belo Horizonte, Salvador and Manaus.

Andrei Rodrigues, special secretary for major events at the Ministry of Justice, said: “Brazil has already hosted major events. We have showed the world that we can deliver security. For the Games, we are going even further.”

“We have an extraordinary level of detail in the security plans. They are exemplary plans and they have been delivered ahead of time”

Carlos Arthur Nuzman, Rio 2016 president

Carlos Arthur Nuzman receives the security plans from Andrei Rodrigues (Photo: Rio 2016/Gabriel Nascimento) 

Andrei Rodrigues highlighted the innovations that Rio 2016 is introducing to the security of major events, such as the establishment of an Integrated Anti-Terrorism Centre. Rodrigues said that recent terrorist attacks around the world had not resulted in major changes to the security plans but had made the security authorities even more alert. With political demonstrations taking place across Brazil, Rodrigues said the role of the state was to guarantee safe and peaceful protests.

“I am sure that the Games will be safe, peaceful and full of celebration and joy”

Andrei Rodrigues, special secretary of security for major events

José Mariano Beltrame, who is in charge of security for the state of Rio, said special overtime rules will be in force during the Games which will increase the number of police on the streets by 17,000. With the special regime in place, the security of the streets and public areas of Rio, as well as the Olympic facilities themselves, will be guaranteed.