Olympic security firm wins new deal

The private firm at the centre of the Olympics security shambles is looking to hire former police officers as civilian investigators to work on sensitive, high-profile cases.

G4S Policing Solutions, part of G4S, is advertising for “civilian investigators” who will be “assisting detectives by carrying out routine yet vital tasks such as taking statements and retrieving CCTV footage”.

A G4S spokeswoman said: “Private sector support for policing is nothing new. For the last 10 years we have been providing retired police officers and support staff to police forces across the UK.”