Here come the men (and women) in purple: Olympic venues awash with “brand police”
As thousands of spectators, media and athletes descend on the Heathrow arrivals hall, and 3,500 soldiers are shipped in to bolster flailing security forces, another group is making its presence known in the nation’s capital. Decked out in their purple caps and tops, they are the one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple brand police.