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Did the security cameras in Parliament Building record the attack on Freddie?

Aug 27, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
Another daylight robbery was committed on another business during last week and based on what was reported in the newspaper, the surveillance footage from the building’s security camera was not able to identify the criminals so that they could be persecuted.
For as long as I could remember, a lot of places that have security cameras have been subjected to some sort of criminal activity, either murder, robbery, arson, kidnapping etc., and in most cases and like the recent, the quality of the footage could not enable the criminals to be identify.
Now, I have been to numerous places for different reasons and see most of them has signs warning people that there are surveillance cameras present on the building (mostly in stores to target shoplifters), which to my understanding would deter someone from committing a criminal act or make the criminal use preventative measures to avoid being capture on the surveillance camera, because he/she have been notify in advance.
The cameras might be successful but in more serious crimes they have not and I believe that those installing the cameras have no knowledge of what they are doing.
Mr. Editor, it doesn’t matter how you twist and turn it, the cameras are called security cameras because that is what they are built for and cheap or expensive, the all are expected to work, but those installing them really need some training for that process.
When you go anywhere that have the cameras install, you would be able to see the cameras, the monitors showing where all the cameras is pointing and if you look carefully sometimes you see the recorder.
Now that is a big mistake, they all should be conceal so that if a criminal go before to survey the place, they will not be able to know where the cameras is so that the could know where to avoid or go to collect the recording when they decided to commit a crime.
The most serious lapse is that most of the cameras always point to the doorways and any camera person would tell you that anytime you point a camera towards a doorway from inside a building, don’t matter how expensive the camera is, you cannot get a proper footage because the backlight will always be the focus of the camera and it will burn/blur any image, so there will never be any proper footage. It is always better to point the camera inside the store (lights behind the camera point the same direction with the camera help enhance the footage) for those who exiting or let the camera are outside with the bright lights so that it will not have to do any focusing since most of the cameras are on auto focus.
Finally Mr. Editor, it is regrettably to hear that Mr. Freddie Kisson has been assaulted once again and this time it is by the Parliament Building.
I don’t know the exact location he was but I know for a fact that there are security cameras in Parliament Building pointing all over and some pointing outside and always wonder if they are working. Now would be a good time to test that out or hear what excuse they have if the tapes have not been destroy or alter if the cameras are working.
They should request to see the footages of the night that the incident occur and perhaps get an image of the person or the vehicle, since it was circling the area more that once the said night if the cameras are being recorded.
Sahadeo Bates

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