"Russian police step up security of airports - deputy interior minister"

Thursday, October 28, 2004

Russian police step up security of airports - deputy interior minister
Russia - Itar Tass


Moscow, After the terrorist acts in Domodedovo Airlines, the Ministry of
Internal Affairs together with the Ministry of Transport have substantially
stepped up security measures in the air transportation sphere, First Deputy
Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Chekalin
today told a round table on "The role of law-enforcement and other bodies in
the system of anti-crisis measures".

"On 27 August the Ministry of Internal Affairs agencies were brought to the
zone of pre-flight checking of passengers, hand luggage, and luggage. More
than 1,000 police officers are working in all 411 pre-flight checkpoints of
all the airports around the clock," Chekalin said. He said 53 firearms had
been taken from passengers about to board their planes over only two months.

Chekalin said the issue of terminals, the perimeter and technical facilities
of airports coming under the protection of external security services was
now being considered. Also training for transport police officers has been
organized in training centres of the aviation security service. Chekalin
also said it was necessary to use the big potential of private security
enterprises, which now employ almost 450,000 people. The private security
enterprises have 120,000 firearms in their possession.


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