A close-up of the Olympic gold medal during the Launch of Medals and Victory Ceremonies for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games at the Future Arena in Olympic Park on June 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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However, the people who will visit the port will have difficulty approaching the Silver Cloud due to the heavy security detachment deployed around the vessel.
The increase means 13,900 officers will be safeguarding city streets, rather than 10,400, Col. Claudio Lima Freire, chief of staff of the Brazilian military, told the media on Monday at the Comprehensive Control Center (CiCC) set up for the Games, reports Xinhua news agency.
Duarte said more than 3,000 vehicles will be used by security officials during the Olympics, including three blimps that will fly over the city to transmit high resolution images.
Some of the worst pollution is in Rio’s Guanabara Bay, which will host the sailing competition.
“The security costs are rising much quicker than the revenue that’s coming in from TV and tickets”, NYU professor and former National Basketball Association executive David Kahn told CNN, “This has been by far the saddest, most sorrowful runup to any Olympics we’ve had in modern time“.
He said he was confident the transportation infrastructure built, including express bus lanes and the extension of the subway, would bring much-needed improvements for the grinding commutes millions of Rio residents endure.
The Brazilian Ministry of Justice recently dismissed the security company it contracted to guard entrances and monitor X-ray machines at Olympic venues.
Some of the additional officers come from the administrative side of the force, he said, meaning they normally have desk jobs.
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Brazil is also dealing with economic and political crises and concerns over the spread of the Zika virus, among other issues.
