Comments on: Public Safety Minister On CCTV Expansion Plans

By: PLP On CCTV: “Nothing Short of Incompetent” | Bernews.com

PLP On CCTV: “Nothing Short of Incompetent” | Bernews.com — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:38:03 +0000

[...] provided by GET Securities Ltd, however last year National Security Minister Michael Dunkley announced that BAS/Serco was the selected vendor to provide the expansion of CCTV, with the 5-year contract [...]

By: CCTV To Expand To 150 Cameras Island Wide | Bernews.com

CCTV To Expand To 150 Cameras Island Wide | Bernews.com — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:02:03 +0000

[...] Jackman said: “You will be aware that on September 26th 2013, Minister Dunkley gave a press conference announcing that BAS/Serco was the selected vendor to provide the expansion of [...]

By: Mike Hind

Mike Hind — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 19:56:36 +0000

Any chance that you’ll elaborate on your posts?
Or is it “Let’s Just Hurl Insults Around Day”?

By: Question

Question — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 19:09:44 +0000

Concerned:

You are an idiot – - did you understand that, troll?

By: Sandy Bottom

Sandy Bottom — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:20:17 +0000

You too fella.

By: Sandy Bottom

Sandy Bottom — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:20:00 +0000

The point is that it will be different from now on. Next time your bike gets stolen the cameras will be working, the events will be recorded, and ithere will be a greater chance of catching the perp.

It’s better than sitting around with our thumbs up our asses “praying” for less crime.

By: Sandy Bottom

Sandy Bottom — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:15:04 +0000

Ok, so I had a look at the board of directors and management of BAS. There’s nothing there. The better company was picked for the job. By far.

By: Sandy Bottom

Sandy Bottom — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:11:54 +0000

Nah. Criminals don’t like it. The rest of us like the idea.

And f you with your legalize weed s***. You’re part of the problem.

By: Occasional visitor

Occasional visitor — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 05:14:16 +0000

Island politics!

Some things never change. Pirates

By: OH BOY

OH BOY — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:24:22 +0000

no it doesnt and if its poorly maintained like it has been since the interduced it, good luck! and do you trust the people running it? now you can have a virual stalker and not know it! i think police prescence is more effective. legalize weed then you dont need these extra cameras. focus on the high traffic crack and dope area’s! then alot of the current crime rate will go down in these areas. plus gang wise BPS knows who they are! do something about it! bermuda wake the hell up. the facts are infront of you. great system bps

By: OH BOY

OH BOY — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:04:41 +0000

biggest waste of taxpayers money. this is def gonna be like big brother. did you know the cctv’s rarely get looked after or recorded. its a pathetic system and has been for years. EG my bike was on reid st and got stolen between 10am and 1pm. in fornt of 3 cctv cameras, i called the police and got the answer that there rarely used and the dont record any of that data, in the end no bike and no clue what happened to it! obviously there a huge waste of time and my tax dollars. theres easier fixes than these stupid cameras, be more proactive bps the public always know more than you which is sad. plus sort your ranks out.

By: Tommy Chong

Tommy Chong — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:08:54 +0000

“ALL these cameras will do is MAYBE show and ID someone that committed a crime AFTER the fact.”

As if the police EVER do catch criminals BEFORE or DURING the act of crime. Then once the criminal is caught that is IF they are caught the evidence seems never to be efficient enough to make all charges stick so they end up getting a slight sentence that sees them out in a short time committing the same crimes. How does anything we have in place so far protect anyone? At least with cameras up everywhere the police can’t blame lack of witnesses for not being able to make an arrest & in turn judges & juries will not be able to doubt the footage they see because cameras do not twist the truth.

As for all the ganja blazers Tommy realises you’re worried about big brother seeing what you do but as long as you’re being discrete & not do it on the street you have no worries. Besides you shouldn’t be blazing around those who may be offended as this is common curtesy & you shouldn’t buy from street dealers because they are some of the ones who give this natural substance a bad name & deserve to get arrested. Respect others space & you’ll be alright since blazing herb does not cause any direct harm to others.

By: haha

haha — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:10:18 +0000

how bout you shut your stupid a**!! You dont see you condemning the previous govenrment for giving it to GET or having friends and family either, not that this was the reason this time, it was cheaper, don’t be so hypocritical Robert ya dummy.

By: NJ

NJ — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:10:11 +0000

BAS Serco is a publicly traded company on the Bermuda stock exchange so in fact any person can own part of them. This project was procured through an RFP that went through multiple layers of government procurement approval, i just think the best side won and represents a worthwhile investment for the island!

By: Sandy Bottom

Sandy Bottom — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 09:17:06 +0000

No, but I know that Serco is a worldwide company that does huge, complicated contracts for governments. GET is not.

Who owns them?

By: yesman

yesman — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 07:50:39 +0000

You have got to be joking with this statement. How could you say CCS is not an IT company? Do you even know what you are talking about? And to say they only provide telephone systems means you are definitely uninformed and lack the understanding of IT as a whole.

By: yesman

yesman — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 07:42:37 +0000

How could a small business handle a project that large?

By: Occasional visitor

Occasional visitor — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 03:31:30 +0000

friends and family it is..

The reason given that BAS/Serco was half as expensive is untrue. The
government knows it and its all about how is in power.

GET backed the wrong government!

By: Next

Next — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 03:14:34 +0000

No he isn’t.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:51:18 +0000

Well said , frends and family again

By: Wow

Wow — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:33:40 +0000

Sandy are you aware who owns GET and the other company?

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:20:46 +0000

So sandy bottom shut your stupid a@# !!!

By: Sandy Bottom

Sandy Bottom — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:44:26 +0000

This makes life more difficult for criminals and better for the rest of us. It’s great news.

By: Sandy Bottom

Sandy Bottom — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:37:39 +0000

He is actually doing something.

By: Sandy Bottom

Sandy Bottom — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:30:20 +0000

You are so clueless. Serco is a multinational corporation that designs, installs and maintains all sorts of government installations.

“No experience in electronic security”. It’s absolutely laughable how off base someone can be. Yet you post several times trying to suggest some sort of conspiracy.

Idiot.

By: Come Correct

Come Correct — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:27:46 +0000

If this scares you don’t look up the new(probably not so new since its public now) drone targeting technology. They can put up a few drones and cover a 15 mile area (more drones more area) in high definition and watch real time or 5000 hours of recorded footage from altitudes where you can’t see them. Now that is scary. IMO I think drone technology should be done away with completely or be highly regulated, I’m leaning towards option A. Imagine a high profile drug dealer, never gets convicted but is know, walks out of a restaurant and get splattered by a 50.cal round…who dunnit? Now imagine its not a high profile drug dealer. No witnesses. Start digging your tunnels now, big brother is watching.

By: Next

Next — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:09:06 +0000

You are comparing big cities to small Bermuda? That’s retarded. NYC has an actual reason for needing all those cameras, we don’t. Having a lazy police “service” doesn’t count.

By: Next

Next — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:06:12 +0000

You need to have something to hide to want privacy and not become a police state? Now that’s a stupid statement.

This is just Dunkley’s way of making it seem like he’s actually doing something.

By: Come On Man

Come On Man — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:01:25 +0000

Is not asinine. It can happen. Wake up dumb down public

By: Come On Man

Come On Man — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:59:44 +0000

Typical

By: Boom bye bye

Boom bye bye — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:29:29 +0000

Just cause they laid the cable defiantly does not make them anywhere near “suited” for the job. They got the contract because of who the owners are. Just like how GET got it.

By: Vote for Me

Vote for Me — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:26:38 +0000

Perhaps the real story is that the contract is worth $1.3m annually or approximately $6m over the 5 years!!

If you want to follow the money, see who owns G.E.T. Security and who owns BAS / Serco.

By: d.o.

d.o. — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:55:07 +0000

another asinine statement

By: d.o.

d.o. — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:53:45 +0000

one stupid statement.you got something to hide?

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:52:28 +0000

It is a shame that Bermuda has come to this state in such a short period of time. In just a few generations we have gone from not needing to lock our homes when we go out to having to lock the doors even when we are at home.

No problem with CCTV here. The more the better. The problem is paying for it. Fines should fit the crimes, starting with very heavy fines to cover the cost of these security needs to catch these people & put them in court. They, after all, are the ones using the services of the BPS & the courts. Therefore the criminals should be paying for these services. The honest people don’t use the services of the BPS, courts or prisons.

By: terry

terry — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:45:47 +0000

Don’t feed the TROLL

By: Winnie Dread

Winnie Dread — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:24:15 +0000

What’s all the moaning and groaning about, it is a simple question do we want a better grasp on the criminal activities going on or not. We travel all over to places like NYC and London for example, with no issues, think Big Bro is/will be here think again. In Lower Manhattan alone there are appx 5000 cameras, in London over 500,000. Do we need the extra “eyes” and the deterent factor the cameras provide, hell yes. It is what it is, the Bermuda that you grew up in is nooooooo longer and will never come back, all we have to do is keep trying to stem the NEGATIVE aspects of the inevitable changes…..

By: David Henry

David Henry — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:54:34 +0000

Since they can “see” license plates, I think a portion of these new cameras should be dedicated to curb the speeding and dangerous driving habits of some. Based on the numbers, remember that our roads claim more lives than guns on the island.

By: Truth is killin' me...

Truth is killin' me... — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:48:33 +0000

Charter my friend, the Police don’t choose what is illegal either. They just enforce them. The laws of the land choose what is illegal and the Govt change the laws through pressure from the public which is you and me.

By: Mr. B

Mr. B — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:44:30 +0000

More cameras? Big brother is watching.

By: Concerned

Concerned — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:42:20 +0000

Question – do you understand anything you type or say or even think – just wondering

By: Nuffin but da Truth

Nuffin but da Truth — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:41:44 +0000

If anyone really believes these cameras will be Manned 24/7 you are living in wonderland!
ALL these cameras will do is MAYBE show and ID someone that committed a crime AFTER the fact.

THESE CAMERAS WILL NOT PROTECT ANYONE!

By: Just Wondering

Just Wondering — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:36:26 +0000

So whats the solutions if you don’t want more CCTV

By: Mike Hind

Mike Hind — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:36:08 +0000

Huh?
I don’t understand what THAT means, either…

By: Just Wondering

Just Wondering — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:35:29 +0000

Bite the bullet? When was G.E.T get shut down, I thought they were still doing security for the courts and I thought all the bars hired G.E.T bouncers.

By: sage

sage — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:28:36 +0000

Great now cops can track their spouses/friends with the new night vision and plate recognition just like the NSA,and we pay for it.

By: Question

Question — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:16:26 +0000

Question is:

Why would you understand it?

By: Mike Hind

Mike Hind — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:04:46 +0000

I don’t understand what this means…

By: media

media — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:57:53 +0000

They are an IT firm. They laid the cable in the majority of all Hamilton offices from the beginning of the tech boom. CCTV is a IT based technology, so they would be well suited.

By: frank

frank — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:41:10 +0000

ccs provides telephone systems with some voip I would not realy call them an it company the former company was g.e.t. security hmmm