Beefed Up Security for Lions Last Lap Dances

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Friday, 10 August 2012 02:30

By caribarena news

Antigua St. John’s – The Lions Club of Antigua has deemed the two incidents of wounding which occurred during its Carnival Dance early last Sunday as highly regrettable and unacceptable, and assured that it “will definitely be beefing up and increasing our security” for the two last lap dances planned for this weekend.

This information was contained in a press statement in which the club sought to set the record straight on what it termed were a number of inaccurate statements made in the media recently about the number of wounding incidents which allegedly occurred during its Carnival Dance last Sunday morning.
 
“There were two incidents of wounding which occurred and not five as reported in the media. These occurred as the dance was winding down. This has been confirmed by the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel who were present on site during all of the Lions Carnival Dances this year,”
 
These two incidents, it said, were a deviation from the high standards which the Club has set over the past years.
 
“Back in 1998 when we began security checks at our gates, it was unheard of in Antigua but we saw that times were changing.

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Since then, we have always been very vigilant and our security measures have always been of the highest standard,” Lions President Eural Baptiste said.
 
“In fact, as a result of our awareness of the rising incidence of weapons use and violence, we introduced the services of the EMS on site and we held a number of meetings with the Police to ensure that adequate safeguards were in place. Obviously, more needs to be done and we will be meeting with the Police hierarchy prior to our two last laps dances this weekend and we will definitely be beefing up and increasing our security.
 
“The safety of our patrons is our top priority and we wish to assure the public that we will be taking drastic measures to ensure their safety and continued enjoyment of our fund-raising dances,” Lion Baptiste noted.
 
The Lions President added that the Lions Club and other organisers of public events can only do so much to ensure safety. A lot depends on the patrons themselves and the security personnel.
 
“The ball is now in the court of our law makers, the police and the courts to deal harshly and decisively with this upsurge in violence in our country,” concluded Lion Baptiste.

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