Law enforcement officials stand and watch during a media tour of the otherwise nearly-empty primary room of the Olympic Coordination Center Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, in Bellingham, Wash. When the 2010 winter Olympics open in Vancouver next February, representatives of state, local and federal law enforcement and emergency response agencies will gather 45 miles south, at the new $4 million communications center at Bellingham International Airport. The main room of the center encompasses work stations for 54 people where up to 40 agencies will be represented, and a primary responsibility will be to ensure that travelers bound for the Olympics move across the border safely and quickly. The facility is expected to be fully operational three days before the Olympics open. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

Law enforcement officials stand and watch during a media tour of the otherwise nearly-empty primary room of the Olympic Coordination Center Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, in Bellingham, Wash. When the 2010 winter Olympics open in Vancouver next February, representatives of state, local and federal law enforcement and emergency response agencies will gather 45 miles south, at the new $4 million communications center at Bellingham International Airport. The main room of the center encompasses work stations for 54 people where up to 40 agencies will be represented, and a primary responsibility will be to ensure that travelers bound for the Olympics move across the border safely and quickly. The facility is expected to be fully operational three days before the Olympics open.

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