Chapter 481: Preparation

As the eventual victor, Garland's voice in the public will naturally not be low, and according to the preliminary estimates of his campaign office, the number of people present on the day of the speech will not be less than 8,000.

These 8,000 people seem to be quite small, but anyone who has seen the university sports meeting knows how large 8,000 people can be standing together, not to mention that this is just a constituency speech, and these 8,000 people can plug the square where the speech is located.

In order to ensure the stability of the speech, nearly 300 police officers were dispatched from the Colombian side alone, in addition, there were hundreds of staff members, who were hired by the campaign office to distribute gifts to the people present on the day, and also provided free food and water.

Therefore, no matter how you count, there will definitely be more than 10,000 people present that day!

Shepard only remembered that the killer would do it on the day of the speech, but he couldn't remember how many people there were, and that was too long ago.

But for the security team arriving in Bogotá, this is a dead end, they have a total of less than 30 people, and only 16 people are in charge of personal protection, which will be divided into two teams for rotation, and the remaining 14 people are in charge of vehicles, medical care, logistics, they will not participate in direct operations, but if there are not enough people, it is not impossible to use.

In addition, Garland has a security chief and a security team of only four bodyguards, and this security team was formed after he won the campaign.

In other words, before this, there was only one security guard by his side, and he also served as his driver!

Garland really didn't care about his own safety, and even this speech, if it wasn't forcible assignment by the American ambassador, the Shadow Company's security team wouldn't have been able to take over the escort work.

Garland, who doesn't pay attention to security, likes to show his face very much, he especially likes to go deep into the grassroots frontline, listen to the people, and even contribute his own meager efforts, because his university major is law, and he himself has obtained a lawyer's license, so in the early years, Garland even fought for those poor people for free, and this is one of the important reasons why he was able to successfully campaign.

Garland may have some flaws, but he is a real idealist and is working hard to change his country.

Shepard never wanted to be this kind of person, but it didn't prevent him from admiring this kind of person, so he covered Garland's life!

The No. 1 escort team from Shadow Security had already come to the venue map in advance, it was a square surrounded by buildings on three sides, one side facing the road, and across the road, there was another row of high-rise buildings, these buildings were all built by foreign-funded enterprises in the same year, so the height and specifications were uniform.

The upper floors of the three floors of these buildings are very suitable for sniping, so these buildings are naturally the focus of defense, because long-distance sniping is the most secure and secret one of the assassination operations, and other assassination methods need to be close to the target, the closer to the target, the higher the risk of the killer being identified.

However, the members of the escort team were a little suspicious of Medellín's killers whether they had such sniper skills, because from the left and right sides of the square and the building across the road, where Garland was standing, it was at least 500 meters, a distance that would be difficult for an untrained shooter to hit a person.

As for the building behind the speaker's seat, although it is only 300 meters away from Garland, that building is the administrative center of the local neighborhood, and there are usually security personnel, and on the day of the speech, the Colombian military police will also be stationed, so if you want to snipe here, it will be even more difficult.

As a result, killers can only snipe from the other three sides if they want to shoot from a long distance.

As a result, the security team took the three suspicious locations directly to the police chief who was in charge of security that day, who would have additional personnel in those locations, and even sparsely staffed snipers would be deployed in those positions.

In addition to long-range sniping, there may also be bomb attacks, or poisoning, so the security team also seconded two EOD teams from Carrillo's troops through the Shadow Company's connections, and two of them were trained

Trained explosive search dogs.

At that time, these two teams will be on standby at the entrances on both sides of the square, and if there are explosives entering the country, it will naturally not be able to hide the noses of these explosive search dogs.

As for Garland's food and water, as well as other personal work, his security supervisor and secretary were in charge.

In addition to the above means, the rest is nothing more than a close-range shooting, because the lecture seat is nearly one meter and five meters high, Garland standing on it is naturally standing out, if someone near the crowd wants to make a move, the guards will not have time to react at all, because the guards can't stand in the lecture seat and follow Garland, they must stay below, and in front of the podium.

For this reason, the preparation of the security team is a light body armor with a bulletproof insert, which has a certain resistance to pistol bullets and charges, but don't think about rifle bullets.

When the time comes, Garland will wear body armor under the suit, which will make him a little uncomfortable, but it is also a necessary means, in addition, the security team has also prepared a thing that is still novel at the moment, that is, three pieces of bulletproof glass with high transparency, when the time comes, these three pieces of glass will be installed on the lecture seat, anyway, Garland's speech is transmitted to everyone's ears through the microphone, so adding a piece of glass will not affect his speech!

As for other preparations, the Colombian Ministry of the Interior is not a dry meal, they provide two bulletproof cars, as well as six SUVs, these eight vehicles will form two teams, one will be responsible for picking up Garland on the day, while the other group will be on standby at a middle school not far from here, if there is a problem with the first group of vehicles, then the second group will arrive quickly to pick up Garland.

The transport department was prepared for this, blocking the four roads around it, allowing only pedestrians to pass and vehicles having to detour.

In addition to this, the convoy has an ambulance, as well as a professional gunshot wound disposal team on standby, who are there to prevent the worst from happening.

Even two nearby hospitals will be prepared for emergencies on the same day, and they even have prepared a lot of Garland's AB blood type for this.

"That's all in this way, maybe anyone will choose to assassinate, right?"