The MPGS at the unit with which I am familiar are doing a sound job. ID is checked with care and it’s not unusual to see a 100% check. They are not afraid to do these checks at the busy times of the day, when a large number of disgruntled people (mil and civ) have a good old whinge about the delays. They are not exercising power to b*gger people about, but even if they were, it’s the end result that matters. That said, in the days when we had an adequate number of RAF Pol doing the job (we even had dogs), the deterrent was probably more overt, but I doubt if it was more effective.
Rather more worryingly, the people who work within the camp are rarely called-upon to exercise any security measures, so probably have little appreciation of how important it could, potentially, be. I can recall only one Op Roundup in the last 12 months, and yet in the 80’s it wasn’t unusual to do one or two a month. Security is everybody’s responsibility.
Last edited by Canary Boy; 22nd Jun 2005 at 08:32.