Specialist police officers equipped with long-arm rifles will be in attendance at the upcoming Boxing Day Test at the MCG.

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Former Police Commissioner, Kel Glare told 3AW Afternoons, “It’s better to have the highly trained and heavily armed police there, and if they’re not needed, that’s wonderful, but if they are needed, they need to be on the spot.”

3AW host, Eddie Summerfield, has said, “I think it’s a sad day for Melbourne and the safety that we have in our beautiful city.”

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