MPs worried about parliament's security, but a military zone also strikes fear
'My appeal is this: let’s not use a sledge hammer to kill a fly. Let’s not make this a military area'
While MPs are worried about security in Parliament‚ they have warned against the militarisation of the institution in order to improve security. Police and public works bosses appeared before MPs on Wednesday to discuss the security of the national legislature. The meeting was convened as urgent, and held during the parliamentary recess, because of an incident two Fridays ago when a parliamentary official shot and killed himself in his office. Parliament is a gun-free area and questions have been asked about how Lennox Garane managed to get a gun into the precinct. The meeting heard that Garane did not place his bag through an X-ray scanning machine when he entered the building that housed his office. A police officer stationed at that entrance was served with a suspension notice the following day and faces a disciplinary process. Police found the officer contravened standard operating procedure for static protectors by allowing Garane to gain access to the building without screenin...
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