A look inside the police briefing centre for the thousands of extra G7 officers
6,500 police officers are in the Duchy for the summit - and all have been through sites like this one
Last updated 10th Jun 2021
By the end of the week, over 6,500 police officers will have been through a dedicated G7 briefing centre like this one.
Devon and Cornwall Police have drafted in 5,000 extra officers on mutual aid and they are coming from every other force across the country to help out with the event at Carbis Bay.
They will be taking on a variety of roles, from regular policing, to firearms, dog handlers and even marine units.
The G7 summit is the largest policing operation that our force has ever dealt with, and dedicated briefing centres have been created to help prepare officers for the event.
This site, in Devon, follows a Covid-secure one way system where police staff are given all the equipment and information that they need.
Each force has been given an allocated arrival slot and each officer must produce a negative Covid test.
They are then given any kit that may be required, such as bodyworn video cameras.
Following the path they will then be supplied with a hot or cold breakfast or lunch, depending on the time of day, before attending a full police briefing about the event and our force's neighbourhood policing style.
After that officers are given a packed lunch for the road, complete with a metal water bottle, recyclable spork and reusable coffee mug to use throughout the summit.
They are even given a cream tea before they set off to their dedicated area in Cornwall.
Officers will be out and about for around 12 hours each day, and will be provided with three meals each day.
Superintendent Joanne Hall says it is all about officer wellbeing.
"Our briefing centres are created especially for this G7 event, an event like this has never been delivered before in Covid. So we had to put bespoke plans in place to allow us to have 6,500 officers and staff to receive an operational briefing and the equipment that they need.
"We expect them to be working around 12 hours, so it's really important to us that they are accommodated well and they are fed well.
"Part of that is we've secured 4,000 beds within the local communities along with a ferry to house a further 1,000 more. Part of that is also the catering, we've got catering hubs around the locations, where we've got locally sourced food to ensure they are well fed.
"Because if we look after our officers, they get a good night's sleep and get a good meal, we know they are going to deliver really well for us in our communities."
Superintendent Joanne Hall, Devon and Cornwall Police