Aberdeen police officers on duty at Olympics
109 Grampian Police officers head for London
By Niamh Burns
Published: 17/07/2012
POLICE officers from the Aberdeen area will be heading south to lend their support during the Olympics.
A total of 109 officers will be making their way to the UK capital for 56 days to aid the security effort.
The deployment by Grampian Police, to support day-to-day policing, comes as it emerged hundreds more officers are being drafted in to fill the gaps left by contractors G4S.
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