Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Randy Horton said Government is considering introducing minimum standards for sports clubs after Sunday?s soccer violence.

He said Government was looking to provide creative solutions to help hard-pressed sports clubs update security.

He said: ?Security at grounds is certainly something we are going to have full discussions on.

?There is no questions we are going to have to take a much more careful look at security.

?Maybe there should be a minimum level of security at grounds. That is something we will work with clubs. It?s a money issue to some clubs.

?If we want to see it happen we are going to have to be as creative as possible.?

Police Commissioner Jonathan Smith said sports clubs have been repeatedly told they need to do more to update security.

?Quite frankly the events of yesterday indicate a great deal of more work needs to be done.

?Very serious questions need to be asked about how and why individuals can enter private club property with concealed weapons. That was apparently the case yesterday.

?Cars were able to drive on to these properties without the requisite checks.

?A lot more needs to be done to secure not only the venues but the overall management of sporting events.

?Soccer, as we all know from the last few years, has not been immune from some of the trouble we have seen elsewhere.?

Extra duty officers are available for hire at $40 per officer per hour, said Mr. Smith.

?Football games take place on private property. They are for-profit ventures, it?s not up to the taxpayer to fund policing inside a football ground.

?We follow a well-accepted model from overseas. Police officers are available for hire, they have gone to other games. They regularly get hired for games at the National Sports Centre.

?It would cost hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars to have Police at every single sporting event.?

He said the Bermuda Football Association had not considered Sunday?s Friendship Trophy at Wellington Oval high risk and had not requested officers.

Since then Police had made a series of recommendations to the Bermuda Football Association.

He said he recognised a great deal of money was needed just to erect fences which don?t fall down, or have holes in them and to build walls to keep people out.

?If we are really serious about maintaining security at our soccer grounds a great deal of work needs to be done.

?We are ready, willing and able to assist but quite frankly the clubs need to do an awful lot more.?

He said Police had prompted clubs to get manpower when intelligence had said a game was high risk.

On other games, particular night games, officers have visited rather than remain in place.

He said football clubs in other countries knew how to stop people entering with weapons.

?The whole security environment needs to change.?

Police had been saying this for about four years said Mr. Smith.

Recommendations include:

q Clubs employing stewards;

Metal detectors being installed;

Perimeter fencing being improved;

Separation of spectators and vehicles to stop weapons being fetched;

CCTV to monitor the crowd; and,

Effective PA systems with someone monitoring the situation through the 90 minutes.