British police bracing for G20 summit

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LONDON, March 21 (AFP): Britain's police said yesterday they would be stretched to cope during next month's G20 summit with the world's top leaders-and thousands of protesters-due to descend on London.
Global summits are regularly targeted by violent protesters and the police fear they will try to bring London to a standstill, using "ambush" tactics to try to catch them out.
More than 2,500 officers will be on duty to counter the threat, in an operation costing more than 10 million pounds (14.4 million dollars, 10.6 million euros).
"These are innovative people and we must be innovative as well. I have encouraged officers to try and think about what these people might try and do and hopefully we will have something to mitigate that," said Commander Bob Broadhurst, who is leading the operation.