"Cruise ships should carry federal police on board and scan passengers for drugs" this is a statement made by Australian coroner Jacqueline Milledge due to the death of a 42 year old Australian passenger onboard P&O Australia South Pacific cruise in 2002.
The Inquest for this was published on Friday and has sparked the views that cruise ships should be manned by federal police. The case was that of Ms Bimble who died after consuming too much alcohol and taking a drug called GHB.
It was suggested by the opposition that Ms Bimble took this drug willingly but this claim was rejected by Ms Milledge. A Mr Mark Wilhelm pleaded guilty to supplying her with the drug. He was not charged however as the judge said the charge was related to supply to a consenting adult
Ms Milledge told the coroners court that Ms Brimble was "unknowingly drugged by unscrupulous individuals who were intent on denigrating her for their own gratification".
She feels that reforms are needed for cruising security to include the increase in drug detection! Including measures to ensure that all passengers,visitors, crew and staff of every ship are properly scanned. I'm not quite sure if I agree with this personally as it is getting quite intrusive. Also from personal experience I would not say that the type of people who generally cruise would not be that of "drug dealers or drug abusres"
It is felt by many that presence of federal police on board would mean crimes were investigated more promptly and would also help towards crime prevention. Would this make you as a cruiser feel safer having a federal constabulary onboard to regulate things?
I think as long as their presence is not dominant or intrusive (like we all know the police presence can sometimes feel!) then it would be no harm whatsoever to have this and actually would be quite a comforting thought to know....
Let me know how you would feel as cruisers having police figures onboard, would it affect your cruise in anyway?
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