Thank goodness it went without a hitch but impressive the preparation – I am sure plenty more technology was deployed that is not being publicly shared.
“For months, London police, Scotland Yard and MI5 — Britain's counterintelligence unit — have been considering a slew of ugly scenarios as they prepare for the most expensive security event ever staged in the U.K. The $33 million operation was launched days after the Nov. 16 engagement announcement. Police began digitally mapping key locations from the air to identify weak spots, like rooftops, and intelligence units started tuning into phone conversations and monitored the Internet for chatter of potential wedding terror. At an April 19 security briefing, the Met's assistant commissioner Lynne Owens revealed that a team of 35 specially trained dogs — that can sniff bomb materials from 330 ft. (100 m) — had already scoured the wedding route. And police have opened up traffic lights, lampposts and water drains along the route, searching for explosives — and will recheck them in the coming days. Owens also confirmed that 5,000 police officers will be on duty on April 29, and that authorities have banned 60 convicted criminals from the area surrounding Westminster Abbey as part of their bail terms. “
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