Security will be much tighter this year at the annual PowerAde Barbados Secondary Schools Athletics Championships (BSSAC).
New head of security, Steven Jackman, principal of Daryll Jordan Secondary School, stressed the need for increased screening at the entry gates of the National Stadium.
“My task this year is to coordinate security. It is really a simple task that becomes very difficult and that is to coordinate the athletes, coaches, patrons, vendors, everyone who enters the Stadium for these championships safely. This year we will have the cooperation of the Royal Barbados Police Force. We will be using a number of security businesses, and also some of the school guards,” he said.
He was speaking yesterday morning during the launch of BSSAC at the Alexandra School.
Jackman said given the current climate in Barbados and around the world, they were doing their best to up the security.
“Given what is Barbados now, we have to do certain checks but if you cooperate with us we can do those checks quickly and get you inside. If the coaches and officials can have the athletes with their IDs ready then we can get them in and out the sun as quickly as possible and they can get ready to compete,” Jackman explained.
He said there were just some things that they could not compromise on.
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