Some people think that it’s a little over the top! Others say that it would make them feel safer. Either way the question is currently getting some very serious attention after a recent inquest in Australia that was dealing with a death on a cruise ship. It brought up the recommendation that federal police officers should be placed on every vessel.
Unfortunately it does seem we are hearing more and more of passengers being extracted of ships for fighting other passengers and even between themselves! Only yesterday my colleague showed me a you tube video of a mass brawl that broke out on one of the Carnival ships, it was not good viewing and even P&O seem to lack a good security team, last year on their Christmas voyages I heard many a horror story of passengers running riot on the Ventura tearing the ship apart and frightening many of the other passengers with their violent behavior. This is not what anybody wants to witness on their cruise!
So after seeing and hearing that even I thought that even though the ships have their own security people in place, can they do enough to keep everybody safe especially on the new super liners that have over 3000 people! Surely they cannot patrol the whole ship, so maybe it might just work! We have community officers here in the UK to help patrol the streets, so maybe something like that is needed on the ships to ensure every passenger is safe!
But like most I also feel it is very sad thing that ( if it goes ahead ) such extreme measures as to have actual police patrolling the ships will have to be put in place! In a world where police and security is at an all time high in general life, people use their Cruise's as an escape from real life but not for much longer if this bad behaviour carries on!
2 comments:
Can you be more specific about the incidents on Ventura? I also read reports of a couple of unpleasant events during the Christmas period but my perception was that they were handled appropriately. Do you know otherwise? If not, your article is somewhat alarmist.
I'd rather see the Cruise Lines be more visible in their patrol of the ship itself and ensure everybody knows the rules.
They have to exercise security violations and not let folks run amok.
They already have cams in most areas.
Private security coupled with local police makes no sense and can violate International rules plus each country has their own way of rules and security let alone misinterpretation of ones language or culture.
No.. Cruise Lines upgrade security to the norm of large ships. Why should majority suffer due to louts in a minority.
Cheers
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