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| Security On Public Transportaion |
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On 29th February, 2004, the Israeli cabinet gave its approval to the request submitted by Minister of Public Security, Tzachi Hanegbi, that $7.2 million be drawn from the Friendship Fund to finance the protection of public transportation against suicide bombers by purchasing new security equipment and appliances.
In face of the continuing wave of attacks on public transport, it was proposed to carry out a rapid upgrade of public transport’s security shield, with the aim of both reducing the number of attacks and the number of casualties caused.
The solution proposed was to concentrate on protecting high-risk bus routes as well as central and major bus stations, and to do so by replacing the current method of protection with a method based on a combination of the close screening of entering passengers and perimeter security.
The Ministry of Public Security, in cooperation with other agencies (the Counter-Terrorism HQ, the Ministry of Transport, the major public and private bus operators, and the Israel Police), has been investing unsparing resources in the search for a medium- and long-term comprehensive solution to the vulnerability of public transportation to terrorism.
The solution proposed for the short-term is based on adapting existing off-the-shelf equipment of proven effectiveness, so as to quickly provide security by screening entering passengers. The devices deployed — hand-held and door-frame magnetometers, package screeners as well as barrier gates preventing entry by the rear doors — would be deployed in all buses plying high-risk routes, some 1,000 in total. The aim, as noted, is two-fold: as far as possible, to prevent terrorists from boarding a bus and to reduce the casualties of any attack that cannot be prevented.
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