While I don't claim to have anything but rumors to base my opinion on, so far as I can tell neither a pro nor a semi-pro security force would've been much help in dealing with the RF incidents. Why? None of the property-damage-- according to what I've heard-- took place in a public area where such a force would've likely patrolled. (I've never been in a hotel's hot tub area and therefore am doubly ignorant on that score, yet... While it's supposedly a public area, I can't imagine that a guard would be posted there full-time, watching so few participate in what remains essentially so private an activity. How could it be an economical use of manpower?) Similarly, an increased security presence almost certainly would've done nothing to prevent the chlorine incident at MFF. I mean... Even though that _did_ happen in a public-access area, who would've had the foresight (or resources) to patrol the stairwells?
While I don't think increased or more professional security is a _bad_ idea, I don't think we should fall into the trap of seeing it as a cure-all, either. Our problems run deeper.
While I don't claim to have anything but rumors to base my opinion on, so far as I can tell neither a pro nor a semi-pro security force would've been much help in dealing with the RF incidents. Why? None of the property-damage-- according to what I've heard-- took place in a public area where such a force would've likely patrolled. (I've never been in a hotel's hot tub area and therefore am doubly ignorant on that score, yet... While it's supposedly a public area, I can't imagine that a guard would be posted there full-time, watching so few participate in what remains essentially so private an activity. How could it be an economical use of manpower?) Similarly, an increased security presence almost certainly would've done nothing to prevent the chlorine incident at MFF. I mean... Even though that _did_ happen in a public-access area, who would've had the foresight (or resources) to patrol the stairwells?
While I don't think increased or more professional security is a _bad_ idea, I don't think we should fall into the trap of seeing it as a cure-all, either. Our problems run deeper.