![]() ![]() ![]() There were 10,000 police on standby watchtowers an exclusion zone a no-fly zone surveillance cameras horse and dog units and even an airship to spot troublemakers and beam back video footage to officers on the ground. ![]() For the 2005 conference, Scotland put together a security plan known as Operation Sorbus, named after the berry of the rowan tree, which according to folklore wards off evil spirits. The G8 meetings present thorny challenges for police, faced with the threat of terrorists as well as the inevitable groups of protestors who are now a routine part of global summits. The main “character” of this Inspector Rebus mystery is actually the G8 Summit, which took place in Edinburgh at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland in July of 2005. ![]()
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