Government Senator Jonathan Smith yesterday accused the One Bermuda Alliance of being “shallow” and short on ideas on national security.The former Police Commissioner claimed the Opposition had come up with just two ideas on crime and safety this year but was vocal when it came to criticising Government’s efforts to tackle such problems.Sen Smith said the OBA had proposed funding for new technology for police and to pay for 24-hour patrols.But he said no Ministry ever got everything on its wish list and police had been conducting 24-hour patrols for years.“I realise there is a political tone to all the things that the Opposition have said over the last few months,” he added. “There is a political context in which they are saying it. [But] the country is looking for new ideas.”The Junior National Security Minister said Government had introduced a raft of legislative measures in the last few years directly aimed at reducing gang activity and violent crime and had also focused on critical community outreach.He pointed to the fact that there has been just one gun fatality in the past 13 months — a steep decline on the murder rate in previous years.Sen Smith criticised the Opposition for failing to attend a forum on gang violence in February and suggested it was reluctant to debate the recent report of a joint parliamentary committee on violent crime because: “I think they are scared of what they will find”.Describing the OBA as “shallow on national security”, Sen Smith said there was a big difference between an opposition wanting to be government but failing to come up with ideas and a government actively doing something.“I’m not saying it to score political points,” he added. “I am saying it so that the country is clear that there is a contrast in approaches. We are solutions focused and we are results focused.”Two Opposition senators, Toni Daniels and Michael Fahy, were in the Upper Chamber during the remarks but neither responded after Sen Smith finished speaking.