The beginning ceremony for the Olympic Games in France is in a fewer days! Polish soldiers and their dogs check whether there are explosives in the stands, hotels and the Olympic village. “We are doing everything we can to make Paris the safe capital of athletics during the Olympics,” they assure the military.
PKW Olympus operates in France since the beginning of July. The quota forms 20 soldiers, and 8 of them are dog guides along with four-legged subjects. In the country they service in the 2nd Bomb Squadron in Kazun and in the Military Gendarmerie. In France, their task is to check, in terms of the threat of explosives, the facilities where the Olympic Games and the accommodation of athletes will be held. Poles besides participate in securing the Paralympic Games. – So far we have checked, among others, accommodation in the Olympic village, but besides stadiums and stands for fans – says Colonel Damian Zalewski, commander of PKW Olimp, officer of the General Command of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
The Polish squad performed tasks, among others, in the square de la Concorde in the city centre. The games will feature urban sports specified as skateboarding and BMX, breakdance and 3x3 basketball. It is simply a immense space due to the fact that it is the largest square in Paris. Tribunes, which have been placed here especially for this occasion, have as many as 40,000 seats – says Colonel Zalewski. Poles were besides 1 of the teams active in checking the de Varsovie Square, which is located other the Eiffel Tower, a symbol of Paris. It will be a key area for the Games, due to the fact that this is where the Olympic beginning ceremony will take place. “This is simply a immense responsibility, due to the fact that we have checked, among others, the stands on which the French president Emmanuel Macron will sit”, explains Colonel Damian Zalewski.
The task of PKW Olimp was besides to search 400 buses, which will be carried by athletes. We've only had a twelve hours. It was a large challenge – the officer admits. Poles on the ground cooperate with soldiers of another NATO armies, primarily with the Italian contingent, but besides with the hosts of the games. “We feel that the French give us large trust and value our work, due to the fact that they frequently delegate us to very liable tasks, specified as checking honorary stands or hotels where VIPs from all over the planet will live,” says PKW soldier.
Polish soldiers and their four-legged subjects work 7 days a week. We usually get up at 4:00 a.m. to leave the military base under Paris for the city center an hr later. We gotta leave early due to the fact that the legends about the trafficked Paris streets are actual – the Colonel Damian Zalewski laughs. Along with soldiers to Paris are dogs who focus on the task briefly. “After a fewer minutes we gotta give them a breath, play with them, feed them, due to the fact that they halt focusing on the task rather quickly,” explains the officer. Dog keepers shall guarantee that animals have time for remainder and regeneration. W PKW Olimp there is besides a veterinarian. “We had problems erstwhile we had to pull a abroad body out of a tearful eye,” says Colonel Zalewski.
The closer you open XXXIII summertime Olympicsthe more work for services active in security. All hands on deck now. We are doing everything we can to guarantee that the games are safe – said Colonel Zalewski. Will soldiers support Polish athletes? – Not from the stands, due to the fact that we will inactive work, but we hope to congratulate Sportsmen to soldiers"when they get Olympic medals in Paris," says the officer.
The Games in France will begin on 26 July and will last until 11 August 2024. The competition will be held on 35 facilities in 18 cities. Most of the competition will be played in the capital of France and 8 towns of the Paris agglomeration. The French government estimates that as many as 10 million supporters will appear in Paris, for which safety must be taken care of. There is already the highest level of threat of terrorist attacks in the country. All personnel are on advanced alert.
