New university security plan on the table

The issue of security at universities has once again come to the fore, following the outrages of the last few days, with hooded assailants entering the University of Athens and spreading fear with threats of violence in student assemblies. 

The effective scuppering of the plan for the university police (University Protection Groups, as the body was called) means that precious time has been lost for such a difficult project, as its implementation requires special handling and organization.

The responsibility for the plan not getting off the ground lies squarely with the government and the university authorities, which never proceeded to install security cameras inside university premises. Nor did they persevere to install turnstiles at the entrances to buildings.

These turnstile in question is a rotating mechanism placed at the entrance of buildings that allows...