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Security carries out 'Lockdown Day'
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Sydney's usually slow traffic slowed to a crawl around Olympic Park on Friday when security personnel carried out "Lockdown Day" at the home of the Sydney Olympics. It was the final sweep of the suburban Homebush venue, with security personnel inundating Olympic Park and searching through vehicles in the venue's biggest clampdown on security. Soldiers began arriving from early in the morning as police and the army set up a command post. More than 1,000 security personnel were on hand to search for suspicious objects, parcels and anything that might resemble a bomb or booby trap. All entrances to Olympic Park were manned by security personnel, conducting searches on anyone who tried to enter. Vehicles were stopped and searched from hood to trunk, while army personnel also roamed the car parks and grounds searching for anything suspicious. From Friday onwards, only people with appropriate accreditation will have access to Olympic Park. Police Commissioner Peter Ryan said security forces were prepared for any terrorist threat. "We've planned, we've trained, we've put all resources in," he said. "We are prepared to respond to it [terrorism]. We have hundreds of bomb-trained and search-trained people."
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