How the Louvre is finally stepping up security after daylight heist

• The Louvre Museum is implementing significant security upgrades following a £88 million ($102 million) crown jewels heist that occurred last month.
• Director Laurence des Cars announced that approximately 100 new surveillance cameras will be operational by the end of next year, with anti-intrusion systems to be installed within two weeks.
• Among over 20 emergency measures, the museum will also create a new 'security coordinator' position.
• The October 19 heist involved four robbers who used concrete disc cutters to breach display cases in under eight minutes, a method not anticipated when the cases were last upgraded in 2019.
• These security enhancements are part of the decade-long Louvre New Renaissance plan, which also addresses aging infrastructure and the challenges of mass tourism.

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Louvre to add 100 new cameras within weeks after brazen crown jewel heist