| Salt Lake City |
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| GER |
12 |
16 |
7 |
35 |
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| USA |
10 |
13 |
11 |
34 |
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| NOR |
11 |
7 |
6 |
24 |
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| CAN |
6 |
3 |
8 |
17 |
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| RUS |
6 |
6 |
4 |
16 |
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| AUT |
2 |
4 |
10 |
16 |
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| ITA |
4 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
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| FRA |
4 |
5 |
2 |
11 |
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| SUI |
3 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
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| NED |
3 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
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Games security planners expect to finish in the black
By Derek Jensen
Deseret News staff writer
Thanks to good weather, good planning and, admittedly, some good luck, Olympic public safety planners say they expect the final budget for Games security will finish in the black.
"I think that we're going to come in well within our budget," Utah Olympic Public Safety Command Executive Director David Tubbs said. "We didn't have any strange circumstances that would bump up our budget."
Indeed, it was a quiet Games for police, fire and public works officials. Agencies now have 60 days to turn in their overtime requests, which make up about $18 million of UOPSC's more than $30 million budget. The total security budget including federal, state and local money totalled more than $300 million.
Fearing massive snowstorms, traffic problems and terrorist attacks, Olympic planners built in contingency funds in case things got really bad.
"There just weren't a lot of big issues that came up because of bad weather or things like that," Tubbs said.
Whether it was good luck or good planning, UOPSC officials say they'll take it.
"Luck is always a factor," Tubbs said. "There are always times when you'll take luck over anything else. Luck is not bad."
Neither is the detailed planning between the more than 60 federal, state and local agencies that worked together to protect the Games.
Mark Camillo, Olympic coordinator for the U.S. Secret Service, said the Winter Olympics were "some of the safest Games we're going to see."
Security officials received 607 suspicious package calls during the Games. Only 15 of the packages were detonated, and all were considered innocuous.
"We found lots of bologna sandwiches and a lot of backpacks that had been left lying around," UOPSC Commander Robert Flowers said.
The Secret Service is investigating an incident in which an agent left a document in a local snowboard shop detailing the vice president's schedule and movements during his visit to closing ceremonies Sunday.
Camillo praised the shop's owner for contacting the Secret Service when he found the document but downplayed the significance of its contents. Camillo said the document was an assignment sheet for Secret Service personnel but did not contain any classified information.
The document described the assignments of several Secret Service personnel but was a small part of the overall plan and resources used to protect the vice president, Secret Service spokesman Marc Connolly said.
Despite such minor hiccups, Olympic security was highly visible and seemingly effective.
"We're still in the position that we had no credible threat," Flowers said.
The unprecedented police and military presence at the Salt Lake Games is likely something that will continue in future Olympics.
"You are seeing a lot of what's going to be employed in the future," Camillo said.
E-mail: djensen@desnews.com
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February 27, 2002
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