As the final winner, Garland's voice among the public will naturally not be low. According to preliminary estimates from 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 few, but anyone who has watched a university sports meeting knows how large it can be if 8,000 people stand together, not to mention that this is just a speech in a constituency. These 8,000 people can make a speech that is The square was choked with water.
Once the number of people exceeds 100, there are all kinds of people. When the number of people exceeds 10,000, it is boundless. Although these 8,000 people are not more than 10,000, they are about the same. In order to ensure the stability of the speech, Colombia alone dispatched nearly 300 police officers. In addition, , there are also hundreds of staff employed by the campaign office to distribute gifts to the people present on the day, and also provide free food and drinking water.
Therefore, no matter how you calculate it, the number of people present that day will definitely exceed 10,000!
Shepard only remembered that the killer would take action on the day of the speech, but he couldn't remember how many people were on the other side. This kind of thing happened too long ago.
But for the security team arriving in Bogota, this is a life-threatening situation. There are less than thirty people in total, and there are only sixteen people responsible for personal protection. They will be divided into two groups for rotation. In addition, the remaining The fourteen people below are responsible for vehicles, medical treatment, and logistics. They will not participate in direct operations, but if there is a shortage of manpower, it is not impossible to use them.
In addition, Garland also has a security director and a security team of only four bodyguards. This security team was only formed by the campaign office after he succeeded in the election.
In other words, before this, there was only one security guard around him, who also served as his driver!
Garland really didn't care about his own safety. Even for this speech, if the US ambassador hadn't forcibly assigned him, Shadow Company's security team would not have been able to take over the protection work.
However, Garland, who does not attach great importance to security, likes to show his face very much. He especially likes to go deep into the grassroots, 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 litigated cases for the poor for free, and this was one of the important reasons for his successful campaign.
Maybe Garland has some flaws, but he is a real idealist and is down-to-earth and working hard to change his country.
Shepard never wanted to be this kind of person, but that didn't stop him from admiring this kind of person. Therefore, Garland's fate was decided by him!
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 and facing the road on one side. On the opposite side of the road, there was another row of high-rise buildings. These buildings were all built by foreign-funded enterprises in those years. , so the height and specifications are uniform.
The floors above the third floor of these buildings are very suitable for sniping. Therefore, these buildings are naturally the focus of defense, because long-distance sniping is the safest and most secretive method of assassination. All other assassination methods require Get closer to the target person. The closer you are to the target person, the higher the risk of the killer being discovered.
However, the people in the escort team were a little doubtful whether the killers in Medellin had such sniper skills, because the location where Garland was standing on that day from the left and right sides of the square and the building across the road was at least 500 meters away. This distance, It is also difficult for a shooter without professional training to hit someone.
As for the building behind the lecture seat, although it is only 300 meters away from Garland, that building is the administrative center of the local neighborhood and usually has security personnel. On the day of the lecture, Colombian military police will also be stationed. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to snipe here.
Therefore, if the killer wants to shoot from a long distance, he can only snipe from the other three sides.
Therefore, the security team directly presented these three suspicious locations to the police supervisor in charge of security that day, who would deploy additional manpower at these locations, and even sparsely manned snipers would be deployed at these locations.
In addition to long-distance sniping, there may also be bomb attacks or poisoning, so the security team also seconded two EOD teams from Carrillo's troops through the relationship of Shadow Company. They have two processes. training
A trained explosive search dog.
At that time, these two teams will be on standby at the entrances on both sides of the square. If there are explosives entering, it will naturally not be hidden from the noses of these explosive detection dogs.
As for Garland's food and water, as well as other personal tasks, it is his security director and secretary who are responsible for it.
In addition to the above methods, the rest is nothing more than close-range shooting. Because the lecture chair is nearly one and a half meters high, Garland will naturally stand out from the crowd when standing on it. If someone near the crowd wants to take action, then the guard is the most important. There was no time to react, because the guards could not stand on the podium and follow Garland. They had to stay below and in front of the podium.
To this end, the security team's preparation is a light body armor equipped with bulletproof inserts. This kind of protective gear has a certain ability to withstand pistol bullets and submachine guns, but forget about rifle bullets.
When the time comes, Garland will wear the body armor under his suit. This will make him a little uncomfortable, but it is also a necessary means. In addition, the security team has also prepared a novel thing at the moment, which is three pieces of transparency. Very high bulletproof glass. When the time comes, these three pieces of glass will be installed on the lecture platform. Anyway, Garland's speech is transmitted to everyone's ears through a microphone, so adding a piece of glass will not affect his speech!
As for other preparations, the Colombian Ministry of Interior is not idle. They have provided two bulletproof cars and six SUVs. These eight vehicles will form two groups, one group is responsible for picking up Garland on the day, and the other The second group will be on standby at a middle school not far from here. If there is a problem with the first group of vehicles, the second group will arrive quickly to pick up Garland.
The transportation department is also prepared for this. They have blocked four surrounding roads. Only pedestrians will be allowed to pass, and vehicles must go around.
In addition, the convoy also has an ambulance and a professional gunshot wound treatment team on standby to prevent the worst-case scenario from happening.
There were even two nearby hospitals that were prepared for emergencies that day. For this reason, they even prepared a lot of Garland's AB blood type.
"Now that it's been like this, maybe there are still people who would choose to assassinate, right?"
