‘New CCTV System Will Provide 265 Cameras’
“There are currently 150 CCTV cameras across the Island of which 75 are inoperable,” and the “new CCTV system will provide 265 CCTV cameras across the Island at a higher resolution,” Minister of National Security Michael Weeks said
Speaking in the House of Assembly today [Feb 24] the Minister said, “After an open procurement process, a contract will shortly be awarded to a local company for the new island-wide CCTV system.
“Some thirteen companies bid on the contract; eleven local and two overseas companies. At this stage, I will not provide the name of the successful local company as all the vendors who bid on the project are currently being notified including the successful company.
“There are currently 150 CCTV cameras across the Island of which 75 are inoperable,” the Minister said. “The new CCTV system will provide 265 CCTV cameras across the Island at a higher resolution with more reliable connectivity. This will significantly expand coverage.
“The new camera’s resolution will provide an increased ability to identify people. The software will significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to search footage for individuals and vehicles and provide better outcomes for law enforcement.
“The new system will include an evidence management capability that will simplify, standardize and reduce the cost of video evidence across the Bermuda Police Service. The video management software will open up the possibility to integrate with both private and commercial CCTV systems across the Island to increase coverage even further.”
The Minister’s full statement follows below:
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to provide this honourable house with an update on the Island wide CCTV project.
Mr. Speaker, you will recall that in the 2021 speech from the Throne this Government committed to advance a new island-wide CCTV system, to include newer features to assist the police in tackling road traffic offences and violent crime.
Mr. Speaker, we are delivering on that promise. I can advise that after an open procurement process, a contract will shortly be awarded to a local company for the new island-wide CCTV system. Some thirteen companies bid on the contract; eleven local and two overseas companies. At this stage, I will not provide the name of the successful local company as all the vendors who bid on the project are currently being notified including the successful company.
Mr. Speaker, the contract will include not only the new island-wide CCTV system but a managed maintenance service contract to ensure its performance and reliability. The new system will also provide for scalability to enable future upgrades and additional capability.
Mr. Speaker, there are currently 150 CCTV cameras across the Island of which 75 are inoperable.
Mr. Speaker, the new CCTV system will provide 265 CCTV cameras across the Island at a higher resolution with more reliable connectivity. This will significantly expand coverage.
Mr. Speaker, the new camera’s resolution will provide an increased ability to identify people. The software will significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to search footage for individuals and vehicles and provide better outcomes for law enforcement.
Mr. Speaker, the new system will include an evidence management capability that will simplify, standardize and reduce the cost of video evidence across the Bermuda Police Service. The video management software will open up the possibility to integrate with both private and commercial CCTV systems across the Island to increase coverage even further.
Mr. Speaker, the system will be vendor agnostic which means that it can be integrated with other systems such as video analytics, gunshot detection and computer aided dispatch.
Mr. Speaker, this will result in increased safety for our community. CCTV aids in the identification of suspects in the event of criminal activity and deters others from becoming involved in criminal activity.
Mr. Speaker, after the contract is signed with the successful vendor, I will provide more details to this honourable house on the contract including the name of the successful company, cost and the schedule for the upgrades.
Mr. Speaker, this project is part of our commitment at the Ministry of National Security to meet our mission of “Working together to keep you safe”.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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cameras are useless if it takes to much resource to use them. i want to troll through footage of the near by cams when my boat was broken into and police would not allow it or do it themselves.
better idea is to put live feed 360 video wifi cams on the tops of the buses and make it into added utility for seeing the bus progress and traffic conditions
it can also be a tourism product for visitors that cant afford to come and want to have a look almost like a online live tour
put cams on the beach so people can see what beach they want to go to or if they even want to go beach that day due to weather conditions or to much people
multi purpose use is key in any purchase
Big Brother for sure!
How is it possible for 50% – FIFTY PERCENT – of the island’s cameras to be inoperable? Silly question, but why was no one fired for failing to maintain the cameras? I know, my bad!
Now, once the new 265 CCTV cameras are installed, how long before 50% of those cameras become inoperable?
Truth
Yay. A surveillance state. Awesome. What about pointing a live camera on some of our “tourist attractions” like horseshoe bay, flatts or Hamilton Harbour to promote the natural beauty while paying for some prime billboard real estate in some major cities.. cameras will not decrease crime. Waste of time and money.
Putting these cameras up have nothing to do with stopping crime. That’s just the excuse to put them there. We will all be under surveillance for one reason or another in the near future! It’s all about control. You will see very soon!
I wonder if a company that has direct association with the government gets the contract? You have to laugh!
The new surveillance will hopefully slow down the heavy feet folks.
I wouldn’t count on it.
We’ve currently got 265 of them and no-one knows which ones aren’t working or when they stopped working and it never made any difference at all even when they were new.
Every state DOT has cameras all over. No secrets. Anyone can access them anytime. What is the problem in Bermuda? Authorities don’t want us to see how many cameras are out of service or how long they are out of service?