Not If, But When: Staff Fear Violence At MSD Offices With Proposed Reduction Of SecurityThe PSA is criticising a new proposal handed down by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) to cut security personnel at its service centres as irresponsible and even dangerous. After reducing the number of security guards at 20 regional MSD Service Centres earlier this year, the agency has proposed to cut teams at a further 22 sites from three security guards per site to two. Advertisement - scroll to continue readingAccording to official data from MSD, security incidents have decreased this year. "Changes to the benefit system under the coalition government, including the traffic light system and harsher sanctions, mean that people visiting MSD Service Centres are under extreme pressure. The PSA will be supporting workers to reject the proposal and strengthen security at all MSD Service Centres.