Chrisochoidis announces planned legislation for mixed police-private security bodies to guard VIPs

Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis announced a legislative initiative for the creation of mixed bodies of police officers and private security companies for the guarding of VIPs, while speaking in parliament on Friday.

Chrisochoidis questioned whether so many police officers are necessary to guard ministries and public agencies and why these do not outsource to private companies, creating mixed groups that will save on police forces.

He announced that in three weeks he will present a legislative initiative based on good European practices that will include, apart from the issue of police guards, issues relating to police training and a general restructuring of the police force and of the Citizen Protection Ministry.