Laurence des Cars told France’s Senate the heist exposed the museum’s camera shortage and other security ″weaknesses”.The Louvre’s director has said a “terrible failure” in security at the iconic Paris museum resulted in last weekend’s daylight crown jewel heist, adding that she offered her resignation to France’s culture minister, but it was refused.Attempting to explain to the French Senate on Wednesday how thieves made off with an estimated 88 million euros ($102m) in jewels, Laurence des Cars acknowledged that staff “did not detect the arrival of the thieves soon enough”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Today we are experiencing a terrible failure at the Louvre, which I take my share of responsibility in,” she told the senators, adding that she submitted her resignation to Culture Minister Rachida Dati. She added that Dati, however, turned down the resignation offer.Des Cars said Sunday’s heist exposed the museum’s shortage of security cameras outside the monument, as well as other “weaknesses”.She said while the Louvre’s alarms were working properly during the heist, some of the museum’s cameras are “ageing”, while the one nearest the thieves’ entry point was “directed westward and therefore did not cover the balcony involved in the break-in”.Des Cars said she would push for a police station to be placed inside the museum, while she also suggested that barriers be erected to prevent vehicles from parking directly alongside the buildings.The Louvre – which welcomes 30,000 visitors a day – reopened on Wednesday …
