Va Bene
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Notice an article earlier in the week in the Age about bored police at Tullamarine.
VICTORIAN police stationed at Melbourne Airport say they are bored and disillusioned, and airport security is compromised by poor communications networks.
About 50 state police work under the command of the Australian Federal Police at the airport as a result of recommendations made by the 2005 Wheeler report into airport security.
Some have said they do little more than walk around terminals in an effort to make passengers feel secure.
Victorian police have described themselves as "cardboard cut-outs". "It's simply not busy enough. It was sold along the lines that we'd be putting operations together to do covert work, setting up special operations teams, basically what you do at stations," the policeman said. "But it's just not busy enough to have 55 coppers there. It's one of the biggest issues we have, motivation and morale, because you don't do anything."
Morale, security compromised, say bored airport police - Travel - theage.com.au
I have a few suggestions to keep them occupied (and I obviously have too much time on my hands this morning!).
Any others I may have missed?
VICTORIAN police stationed at Melbourne Airport say they are bored and disillusioned, and airport security is compromised by poor communications networks.
About 50 state police work under the command of the Australian Federal Police at the airport as a result of recommendations made by the 2005 Wheeler report into airport security.
Some have said they do little more than walk around terminals in an effort to make passengers feel secure.
Victorian police have described themselves as "cardboard cut-outs". "It's simply not busy enough. It was sold along the lines that we'd be putting operations together to do covert work, setting up special operations teams, basically what you do at stations," the policeman said. "But it's just not busy enough to have 55 coppers there. It's one of the biggest issues we have, motivation and morale, because you don't do anything."
Morale, security compromised, say bored airport police - Travel - theage.com.au
I have a few suggestions to keep them occupied (and I obviously have too much time on my hands this morning!).
- Make sure baggage handlers load Priority Baggage on the carousels first rather than last.
- Ensure all passengers are aware of no seat reclining until meals cleared before boarding.
- Fine passengers who get to front of security screening line and then realise they have pockets full of loose change, mobile phones, studded belts, steel capped boots etc.
- Eradicate all touts at exits.
- Ensure no one takes more than 3 hot items from the QP food counter at one time.
- Ensure that QP actually have hot items available at any time.
- Fine QF if they cancel cityflyer flights for 'maintenance issues' when in fact they have low loadings on some flights and are compressing them.
- Re-locate Citibank credit card booths to outside of terminal
Any others I may have missed?