This is the first time we've policed an event of this kind, but usually in preparation for a very large-scale event.... I know, for example, that the planning for the Olympics, for that event--and that was a sports celebration--took place over a period of about four years. Now that probably would be a reasonable expectation, but.... Certainly the timelines, the planning lines, were tight, but we were working through them as quickly as we could.
On November 3rd, 2010. See this statement in context.