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SA police reveal 99 security guards stood down or sacked for coronavirus medi-hotel breaches
Police records show 99 security guards were stood down or terminated for coronavirus medi-hotel breaches in South Australia.
Key points:
- Twenty-three security guards were caught sleeping on the job
- There were 35 failures to properly use personal protective equipment
- SA’s Chief Public Health Officer says security model changes should prevent further breaches
SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens provided a list of all the breaches to an SA parliamentary committee last month and it was released by the Opposition today.
One of the security guards was terminated for falsely claiming to be “a member of ‘Defence’ to enter [a] parking facility associated with the medi-hotel”, the records show.
One was “observed to be smelling of alcohol” while on…
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