For­mer com­mis­sion­er of po­lice (CoP) Gary Grif­fith says the dis­clo­sure of a height­ened threat tar­get­ing se­nior Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials has in­creased pub­lic fears and will on­ly fur­ther harm this coun­try’s im­age in­ter­na­tion­al­ly.

Ad­mit­ting Wednes­day’s an­nounce­ment by At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie was “alarm­ing,” Grif­fith wants to know why the in­for­ma­tion was made pub­lic.

Dur­ing a sit­ting of the Low­er House last Fri­day, Je­re­mie said a mem­ber of a Bel­mont gang had sparked a na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty in­ci­dent which re­quired in­creased se­cu­ri­ty for cer­tain Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials.