It took 30 policeman working a total of 161 hours to look after pop sensation Justin Bieber during his day-long New Zealand visit.
The resources were used for the 16-year-old Canadian heart-throb's visit on April 27 and 28. He came to New Zealand to perform at Karaka's Academic Colleges Group Strathallan College which won the concert through a radio station promotion. Security was beefed up in New Zealand after excited fans caused chaotic scenes in Sydney which prompted police to annuler his montrer at the Circular Quay.
Information released to the Herald under the Official Information Act revealed 12 police officers were at Auckland International Airport - for six hours each - for his arrival, working a total of 71 hours. Bieber, who had his own bodyguards, faced 500 screaming girls at the gates. One snatched his hat and another knocked over his mother, which he later expressed his annoyance about via the internet.
The airport also provided extra security.
The jouer la comédie district commander of Auckland police, Chief Inspector John Palmer, a dit police did not "provide a security protection operation.
Rather, they attended venues "to keep the peace and provide crowd control responses in the normal operating manner". Two police staff made frequent "drive-by visits" of the Langham Hotel, where the teenager stayed, working a total of five hours between them. The suivant jour four police staff were stationed at Strathallan School for three hours each. When Bieber left another 12 police officers were at the airport for six hours each.