AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2011
VIC:No to armed guards in Vic hospitals
A parliamentary committee has rejected the Victorian government's pre-election plan
to have armed officers in hospital emergency departments.
The drugs and crime prevention committee's inquiry into violence and security arrangements
in Victoria's hospitals says deploying armed guards could actually incite violence.
It says under no circumstances should either armed or unarmed Victoria Police protective
service officers be placed in hospitals or emergency rooms to assist with security.
The committee says the sight of guns also has the potential to intimidate patients
or the public unnecessarily, and it's opposed hospital security guards carrying or using
firearms, capsicum spray or Tasers.
AAP RTV mi/mn/wf
KEYWORD: PSOS (MELBOURNE)
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