CCTV cameras in NI prisons have broken down 783 times in the past five years.
The information was revealed in an Assembly answer by the Department of Justice to SDLP MLA Thomas Burns.
He said he was "very alarmed" by the figures which cover Maghaberry, Hydebank Young Offenders' Centre and Magilligan near Londonderry.
The figures emerged two weeks after the Billy Wright Inquiry said the breakdown of CCTV cameras was a factor in the events leading to his murder.
Mr Burns added: "Questions must be asked about the reliability of the equipment being used and immediate action must be taken to solve this problem.
"The prison service is under a great deal of pressure at the minute and it is little wonder staff morale is at an all-time low when their equipment is out of date and constantly breaking down.
"It is clear we need a 'Patten' style reform of the prison service.
"There are so many frequently reoccurring, complex and deeply rooted problems across all institutions that radical change seems to be the only way to deal effectively with them."
The Wright Inquiry recommended a complete overhaul of the Northern Ireland Prison Service.
However, reforms akin to the Patten review of the RUC has been ruled out by the justice minister David Ford on the grounds of cost.
Source: bbc.com.uk
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CCTV Camera Related News: Thief moved CCTV camera the day before returning to steal charity cash
By edd moore herald reporter
A PLYMOUTH man who stole charity cash from a city pub has been jailed for another, meticulously planned theft.
Recovering heroin addict Benjamin Stacey went into a Barbican gift shop, reached up to the CCTV camera and turned it to face away from the till, Plymouth magistrates were told.
The 28-year-old then returned the following day and snatched a money tin from beneath the counter while his girlfriend distracted staff.
Stacey, from Stonehouse, was in the dock yesterday after admitting one count of theft.
The court heard how the unemployed decorator had first ventured inside the Dragon Corner Oriental Gift Shop, in Southside Street on July 10, and turned the camera 45 degrees to the left. He came back with partner Katie McLoughlin at around 11.30am the next day and she persuaded the lone shop assistant to climb a ladder so she could take a closer look at an item that was on display.
While they talked Stacey, of Manor Street, reached under the till and grabbed a box containing around £180 in cash and electricity meter cards worth about £90, the court heard — but despite having moved the camera, he was captured on tape.
Bob Stebbings, for Stacey, said he had been recalled to prison after being arrested while on licence, spending 28 days inside.
"He had a pretty serious session of thinking while in custody," Mr Stebbings added.
"He has finally come to the realisation, after a fairly lengthy criminal career, that something has to change."
Stacey, who had a long-term heroin problem, was now attending the Harbour Centre, and had secured a methadone and diazepam script, the court heard.
McLoughlin, also aged 28 and of Manor Street, appeared separately to admit the joint charge and was granted conditional bail ahead of sentencing on October 14. The Crown Prosecution Service agreed to take the charity cash theft offence into consideration.
The court was told how the couple had gone into the Minerva Inn in Bretonside where Stacey had dropped a collection tin, thought to contain around £250, into McLoughlin's handbag.
Both admitted the offence when interviewed by police.
Jailing Stacey for four months, magistrates said the theft had a degree of planning and related to money that was due to charity.
They also ordered him to pay £270 in compensation.
Source: http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk
A PLYMOUTH man who stole charity cash from a city pub has been jailed for another, meticulously planned theft.
Recovering heroin addict Benjamin Stacey went into a Barbican gift shop, reached up to the CCTV camera and turned it to face away from the till, Plymouth magistrates were told.
The 28-year-old then returned the following day and snatched a money tin from beneath the counter while his girlfriend distracted staff.
Stacey, from Stonehouse, was in the dock yesterday after admitting one count of theft.
The court heard how the unemployed decorator had first ventured inside the Dragon Corner Oriental Gift Shop, in Southside Street on July 10, and turned the camera 45 degrees to the left. He came back with partner Katie McLoughlin at around 11.30am the next day and she persuaded the lone shop assistant to climb a ladder so she could take a closer look at an item that was on display.
While they talked Stacey, of Manor Street, reached under the till and grabbed a box containing around £180 in cash and electricity meter cards worth about £90, the court heard — but despite having moved the camera, he was captured on tape.
Bob Stebbings, for Stacey, said he had been recalled to prison after being arrested while on licence, spending 28 days inside.
"He had a pretty serious session of thinking while in custody," Mr Stebbings added.
"He has finally come to the realisation, after a fairly lengthy criminal career, that something has to change."
Stacey, who had a long-term heroin problem, was now attending the Harbour Centre, and had secured a methadone and diazepam script, the court heard.
McLoughlin, also aged 28 and of Manor Street, appeared separately to admit the joint charge and was granted conditional bail ahead of sentencing on October 14. The Crown Prosecution Service agreed to take the charity cash theft offence into consideration.
The court was told how the couple had gone into the Minerva Inn in Bretonside where Stacey had dropped a collection tin, thought to contain around £250, into McLoughlin's handbag.
Both admitted the offence when interviewed by police.
Jailing Stacey for four months, magistrates said the theft had a degree of planning and related to money that was due to charity.
They also ordered him to pay £270 in compensation.
Source: http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk
CCTV Philippines News: CCTV-Installer Steals soap, Is caught On Cam
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – A thief who carried and broke open a 150-kilogram vault inside a store while hoping to steal a large amount of cash had a surprise of his life.
The vault contained only several bars of whitening soap and P1,500 in cash.
Unfazed, the man pocketed the money and stole the bars of soap.
A closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) installed inside the A.R.M. Skin Essentials Corporation recorded the scene in Frisco, Quezon City, early Friday morning.
The suspect was identified by police as the electrician who installed both the vault and the CCTV camera.
Before going for the vault, the thief tried to destroy the camera, but only managed to have his face fully revealed.
He later escaped through a fire exit.
The store owner, Dr. Alvin Matulac, said luck was not on the thief’s side.
Matulac had emptied the vault of its contents of around P5 million, which he deposited in a bank.
“Buti na lang hindi nya ginalaw yung mga katabing vault dahil iyun yung mga may laman ng pera... yung sa vault talagang katsa lang ang laman,” he added.
“(It’s good that he did not get his hands on another vault that had cash. The vault that he opened really only contained rags.)”
Quezon City police have placed the thief on a wanted list. – with a report from Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
abs-cbnNEWS.com/ Posted at 09/12/2010 12:21 AM | Updated as of 09/12/2010 12:21 AM
Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com
The vault contained only several bars of whitening soap and P1,500 in cash.
Unfazed, the man pocketed the money and stole the bars of soap.
A closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) installed inside the A.R.M. Skin Essentials Corporation recorded the scene in Frisco, Quezon City, early Friday morning.
The suspect was identified by police as the electrician who installed both the vault and the CCTV camera.
Before going for the vault, the thief tried to destroy the camera, but only managed to have his face fully revealed.
He later escaped through a fire exit.
The store owner, Dr. Alvin Matulac, said luck was not on the thief’s side.
Matulac had emptied the vault of its contents of around P5 million, which he deposited in a bank.
“Buti na lang hindi nya ginalaw yung mga katabing vault dahil iyun yung mga may laman ng pera... yung sa vault talagang katsa lang ang laman,” he added.
“(It’s good that he did not get his hands on another vault that had cash. The vault that he opened really only contained rags.)”
Quezon City police have placed the thief on a wanted list. – with a report from Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
abs-cbnNEWS.com/ Posted at 09/12/2010 12:21 AM | Updated as of 09/12/2010 12:21 AM
Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com
CCTV Philippines News: Manila, Are You Really Safe?
Manila, Are You Really Safe?
By Adrian Carlo Velasco The Philippine Star Updated September 10, 2010 12:00 AM
‘#ManilaIsSafe’ may have been a trending topic on Twitter but YS decided to volt in with the Citizen Safe brigade to make it a reality. Here’s our unofficial guide to living a little safer in the city.
MANILA, Philippines - Ingat!” Do not underestimate the power of John Lloyd Cruz’s paracetamol commercial. It makes a lot of sense in a time when anyone — and we mean anyone — can become the stalked, the default cab driver’s victim or the after-party hipster who walks home vulnerable. No, vigilance is not paranoia. As Rock Ed head Gang Badoy puts it, “It is about you and the people you care about.”
Admit it, all the whining and ranting about what we “shoulda, woulda, coulda done” to resolve the Aug. 23 Quirino Grandstand ruckus is getting a little tired. Yes, the Philippines has gotten the infamous travel warning from the US Bureau of Consular Affairs (and them some) — in fact, we could be the most dangerous place on Earth — but don’t you think it’s time to shut our pieholes and start living more cautiously?
In lieu of recent events and the seemingly ancient crimes which we — the private citizens, the police force and the national government together — have tried to forget, we gathered some practical and sane ideas that will make our lives a little better. All thanks to never-say-die non-government organization Rock Ed’s Citizen Safe, “a campaign for urban safety formed in September 2009” after the murder of film critic Alexis Tioseco and journalist Nika Bohinc in their Times Street home — a few minutes away from the Aquino Family residence.
“(It’s) important to put that Citizen Safe is not an acceptance of things about the police. This is an acceptance of the recognition that time will have to pass before law enforcement steps up to raise the level of trust in our environment, where we move in our public places. Habang hindi pa nangyayari ‘yun, we have to be our own security force, diba? And how do we do that?”
Ace Esmeralda, owner of security risk management firm Ace And Associates, has been handling Rock Ed’s public concerts for five years now and there have been no major incidents ever since. The former Army Captain, who was assigned in Mindanao for eight years to command an army strike company of an Anti-Kidnapping Task Force, gives his two cents’ worth: “Please be reminded that there is no guarantee in observing these measures. Crimes against a person are situational. (But they) usually victimize those who are not vigilant.”
Read each item carefully as Badoy cites the case, Esmeralda lays down the do’s and don’ts, and YS demarcates the measures we need to take in times of danger.
Urban Safety Instructions: Home is supposed to be our refuge
The case: Ironically, Badoy seeks advice from her incarcerated students during her weekly poetry class at the New Bilibid Prison. “After the murder of Alexis (Tioseco), it was important that I asked it from all sides,” she explains. “What could he have done?” According to her students, Alexis could have called someone for someone to hear the incident. “Pag may tulong ka ng mga (If you have access to) technologies, go for it. How great it would have been if he had remote access to a webcam, something that operates on the net!’”
The moves:
1. Generally, crimes similar to what befell Alexis and Nika can be prevented with security awareness program to household staff and proper design of fences and gates. Gates should be designed so that homeowners can see who the people on the other side are.
2. Households can install an alarm system to alert neighbors and police units of intrusions or the suspected presence of criminals and ongoing crime.
3. Good lighting can discourage criminals while CCTV can help solve committed crimes. A visible CCTV camera may also discourage criminals.
4. Take note of the physical characteristics of robbers: height, size, voice, accent, eyes, lips, or face (if not wearing mask), clothes, weapons, and even their demands.
5. Generally speaking, to keep people secure, lock your doors, gates and windows always.
6. Own a dog.
Street Patrol
The case: “You should be careful when you’re talking on the phone. We always take it for granted,” says Badoy. The street is not our house. Giving out information in public like your next destination, schedule, and even little things, can be dangerous. “So it’s really a delicate balance of telling the right people where you are all the time and not letting the bad elements know where you are,” she adds.
The moves:
1. Speak in lower volume when in public areas. Coffee shops are the best places to overhear private matters.
2. When you feel in danger, run to a security guard or a building. Why? Security guards are better trained in emergency response.
3. If you think you’re being stalked, call a friend. Call your security department. Inform them of your situation. Describe the stalker or your location. Ask them to meet you at the nearest well-lit area. If possible, enter a hotel lobby and pretend to check in. At the front office counter, calmly inform staff that you suspect a stalker. If the stalker did not follow you, ask a friend or relative to pick you up where you are.
4. Shoulder bags should be constantly held under arms or at one’s front to discourage pickpocketing.
5. Exude vigilance and confidence when walking. Snatchers and thieves go for those who appear frail, weak and not alert.
6. Unless one is trained and has the confidence of Steven Seagal, do not resist a mugger.
Hailing A Cab, Hailing For Help
The case: We can still remember the unfortunate story of young woman in her 20s who was mugged and beaten up by a cab driver. What could she have done? “Strength in numbers, maximize technology. We do that all the time for marketing. We maximize social networks,” Badoy says. So why not use Facebook and Twitter for safety? “That’s why I like that people always tweet the license plates of the cabs. That’s a great practice, I think. If not prevent crimes, at least helps find the perpetrator.”
The moves:
1. SMS at least three people the license plate and name of the cab you get into.
2. Don’t ride a taxi with a suspicious looking or acting driver.
3. If the driver looks suspicious, pretend to call someone, preferably a male (while mentioning a male name like Papa, Kuya, Sir or even Tsip) and mention the taxi body number, name, etc.
4. You can ask the driver his name and relay it loudly over the phone. But don’t make it sound as though you are suspicious of the driver.
Computer graphics by TEKS PABUAYON
Commuting Common Sense
The case: We’re all guilty of snoozing on the bus, train or jeep ride going home. “When I asked inmates in jail, the ones tried for kidnapping and robbery, they say they always prefer attacking people who look inattentive, tired, distracted or those with a lot of things in their two hands. Interestingly enough, one of the inmates said he never held up anybody who had an umbrella.”
The moves:
1. Stay awake on public transport. Look alert.
2. If the perpetrator has a weapon, cooperate and give in to his demands. Life is more valuable than earthly possessions.do.
3. Cooperate! Listen to instructions.
4. Take note of robbers’ physical characteristics.
After-Party Alarm
The case: What to remember when stumbling out of that bar or club.
The moves:
1. Check on each other when you part after a gathering or a party.
2. SMS each other if you got home safely. Always let someone else know where you are or who you’re with: parents, mentors, friends or siblings.
3. As much as possible refrain from “secret meet-ups” with people none of your friends know. If you meet someone new, always introduce him or her to family or other friends or classmates.
4. Students should always have at least one teacher whom they can call, especially when they’re parents are not around.
State of Emergency
The case: Start keeping emergency numbers on speed dial. Start living à la Rescue 911.
The moves:
1. Emergency Network Philippines (Police, Fire Brigade, DILG, Emergency, etc.): 117
2. Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Emergency Number: 136
3. Chinese General Hospital: (02) 711-4141 / (02) 743-2017
4. Hospital de San Juan De Dios: (02) 831-9731 to 36 /(02) 831-5641 to 49
5. Makati Medical Center: (02) 815-9911
6. Philippine Children’s Medical Center: (02) 924-6601
7. St Luke’s Medical Center: Contact (02) 723-0101
8. The Medical City: (02) 635-6789, (o2) 631-8626
9. Text Fire: 0918-688-8888
10. National Operator: 109
11. Cebu Ambulance: 161
Source: http://www.philstar.com
By Adrian Carlo Velasco The Philippine Star Updated September 10, 2010 12:00 AM
‘#ManilaIsSafe’ may have been a trending topic on Twitter but YS decided to volt in with the Citizen Safe brigade to make it a reality. Here’s our unofficial guide to living a little safer in the city.
MANILA, Philippines - Ingat!” Do not underestimate the power of John Lloyd Cruz’s paracetamol commercial. It makes a lot of sense in a time when anyone — and we mean anyone — can become the stalked, the default cab driver’s victim or the after-party hipster who walks home vulnerable. No, vigilance is not paranoia. As Rock Ed head Gang Badoy puts it, “It is about you and the people you care about.”
Admit it, all the whining and ranting about what we “shoulda, woulda, coulda done” to resolve the Aug. 23 Quirino Grandstand ruckus is getting a little tired. Yes, the Philippines has gotten the infamous travel warning from the US Bureau of Consular Affairs (and them some) — in fact, we could be the most dangerous place on Earth — but don’t you think it’s time to shut our pieholes and start living more cautiously?
In lieu of recent events and the seemingly ancient crimes which we — the private citizens, the police force and the national government together — have tried to forget, we gathered some practical and sane ideas that will make our lives a little better. All thanks to never-say-die non-government organization Rock Ed’s Citizen Safe, “a campaign for urban safety formed in September 2009” after the murder of film critic Alexis Tioseco and journalist Nika Bohinc in their Times Street home — a few minutes away from the Aquino Family residence.
“(It’s) important to put that Citizen Safe is not an acceptance of things about the police. This is an acceptance of the recognition that time will have to pass before law enforcement steps up to raise the level of trust in our environment, where we move in our public places. Habang hindi pa nangyayari ‘yun, we have to be our own security force, diba? And how do we do that?”
Ace Esmeralda, owner of security risk management firm Ace And Associates, has been handling Rock Ed’s public concerts for five years now and there have been no major incidents ever since. The former Army Captain, who was assigned in Mindanao for eight years to command an army strike company of an Anti-Kidnapping Task Force, gives his two cents’ worth: “Please be reminded that there is no guarantee in observing these measures. Crimes against a person are situational. (But they) usually victimize those who are not vigilant.”
Read each item carefully as Badoy cites the case, Esmeralda lays down the do’s and don’ts, and YS demarcates the measures we need to take in times of danger.
Urban Safety Instructions: Home is supposed to be our refuge
The case: Ironically, Badoy seeks advice from her incarcerated students during her weekly poetry class at the New Bilibid Prison. “After the murder of Alexis (Tioseco), it was important that I asked it from all sides,” she explains. “What could he have done?” According to her students, Alexis could have called someone for someone to hear the incident. “Pag may tulong ka ng mga (If you have access to) technologies, go for it. How great it would have been if he had remote access to a webcam, something that operates on the net!’”
The moves:
1. Generally, crimes similar to what befell Alexis and Nika can be prevented with security awareness program to household staff and proper design of fences and gates. Gates should be designed so that homeowners can see who the people on the other side are.
2. Households can install an alarm system to alert neighbors and police units of intrusions or the suspected presence of criminals and ongoing crime.
3. Good lighting can discourage criminals while CCTV can help solve committed crimes. A visible CCTV camera may also discourage criminals.
4. Take note of the physical characteristics of robbers: height, size, voice, accent, eyes, lips, or face (if not wearing mask), clothes, weapons, and even their demands.
5. Generally speaking, to keep people secure, lock your doors, gates and windows always.
6. Own a dog.
Street Patrol
The case: “You should be careful when you’re talking on the phone. We always take it for granted,” says Badoy. The street is not our house. Giving out information in public like your next destination, schedule, and even little things, can be dangerous. “So it’s really a delicate balance of telling the right people where you are all the time and not letting the bad elements know where you are,” she adds.
The moves:
1. Speak in lower volume when in public areas. Coffee shops are the best places to overhear private matters.
2. When you feel in danger, run to a security guard or a building. Why? Security guards are better trained in emergency response.
3. If you think you’re being stalked, call a friend. Call your security department. Inform them of your situation. Describe the stalker or your location. Ask them to meet you at the nearest well-lit area. If possible, enter a hotel lobby and pretend to check in. At the front office counter, calmly inform staff that you suspect a stalker. If the stalker did not follow you, ask a friend or relative to pick you up where you are.
4. Shoulder bags should be constantly held under arms or at one’s front to discourage pickpocketing.
5. Exude vigilance and confidence when walking. Snatchers and thieves go for those who appear frail, weak and not alert.
6. Unless one is trained and has the confidence of Steven Seagal, do not resist a mugger.
Hailing A Cab, Hailing For Help
The case: We can still remember the unfortunate story of young woman in her 20s who was mugged and beaten up by a cab driver. What could she have done? “Strength in numbers, maximize technology. We do that all the time for marketing. We maximize social networks,” Badoy says. So why not use Facebook and Twitter for safety? “That’s why I like that people always tweet the license plates of the cabs. That’s a great practice, I think. If not prevent crimes, at least helps find the perpetrator.”
The moves:
1. SMS at least three people the license plate and name of the cab you get into.
2. Don’t ride a taxi with a suspicious looking or acting driver.
3. If the driver looks suspicious, pretend to call someone, preferably a male (while mentioning a male name like Papa, Kuya, Sir or even Tsip) and mention the taxi body number, name, etc.
4. You can ask the driver his name and relay it loudly over the phone. But don’t make it sound as though you are suspicious of the driver.
Computer graphics by TEKS PABUAYON
Commuting Common Sense
The case: We’re all guilty of snoozing on the bus, train or jeep ride going home. “When I asked inmates in jail, the ones tried for kidnapping and robbery, they say they always prefer attacking people who look inattentive, tired, distracted or those with a lot of things in their two hands. Interestingly enough, one of the inmates said he never held up anybody who had an umbrella.”
The moves:
1. Stay awake on public transport. Look alert.
2. If the perpetrator has a weapon, cooperate and give in to his demands. Life is more valuable than earthly possessions.do.
3. Cooperate! Listen to instructions.
4. Take note of robbers’ physical characteristics.
After-Party Alarm
The case: What to remember when stumbling out of that bar or club.
The moves:
1. Check on each other when you part after a gathering or a party.
2. SMS each other if you got home safely. Always let someone else know where you are or who you’re with: parents, mentors, friends or siblings.
3. As much as possible refrain from “secret meet-ups” with people none of your friends know. If you meet someone new, always introduce him or her to family or other friends or classmates.
4. Students should always have at least one teacher whom they can call, especially when they’re parents are not around.
State of Emergency
The case: Start keeping emergency numbers on speed dial. Start living à la Rescue 911.
The moves:
1. Emergency Network Philippines (Police, Fire Brigade, DILG, Emergency, etc.): 117
2. Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Emergency Number: 136
3. Chinese General Hospital: (02) 711-4141 / (02) 743-2017
4. Hospital de San Juan De Dios: (02) 831-9731 to 36 /(02) 831-5641 to 49
5. Makati Medical Center: (02) 815-9911
6. Philippine Children’s Medical Center: (02) 924-6601
7. St Luke’s Medical Center: Contact (02) 723-0101
8. The Medical City: (02) 635-6789, (o2) 631-8626
9. Text Fire: 0918-688-8888
10. National Operator: 109
11. Cebu Ambulance: 161
Source: http://www.philstar.com
CCTV Philippines News: Hospital thief caught on CCTV
By CHITO A. CHAVEZ (August 26, 2010, 7:47pm)
It pays to have a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera installed in private and government hospitals.
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Station 10 operatives arrested last Wednesday a pedicab driver who was able to sneak into one of the rooms of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) where he stole some belongings of a patient.
Police Officer 3 Joel Sanchez, officer-on-case, identified the suspect as Ricky Beltran, 28, and a resident of 135 Matahimik St., UP Village, Quezon City.
The victim, Marian Geramillo, 36, of 19 Mulawin St., Buenmar Subdivision, Taytay, Rizal said she noticed that her Nokia 6020 telephone and lady’s wallet containing P240 in cash which she placed on top of a small table at Room 2008 were missing when she woke up around 5 a.m.
She reported the incident to the hospital’s telephone operator who immediately alerted the on-duty security personnel.
The security guards viewed Beltran’s act through the CCTV camera placed inconspicuously near the rooms.
That videotaped footage led to the suspect’s arrest at the lobby leading to the hospital exit where they discovered the stolen items of Geramillo.
Source: http://www.mb.com.ph
It pays to have a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera installed in private and government hospitals.
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Station 10 operatives arrested last Wednesday a pedicab driver who was able to sneak into one of the rooms of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) where he stole some belongings of a patient.
Police Officer 3 Joel Sanchez, officer-on-case, identified the suspect as Ricky Beltran, 28, and a resident of 135 Matahimik St., UP Village, Quezon City.
The victim, Marian Geramillo, 36, of 19 Mulawin St., Buenmar Subdivision, Taytay, Rizal said she noticed that her Nokia 6020 telephone and lady’s wallet containing P240 in cash which she placed on top of a small table at Room 2008 were missing when she woke up around 5 a.m.
She reported the incident to the hospital’s telephone operator who immediately alerted the on-duty security personnel.
The security guards viewed Beltran’s act through the CCTV camera placed inconspicuously near the rooms.
That videotaped footage led to the suspect’s arrest at the lobby leading to the hospital exit where they discovered the stolen items of Geramillo.
Source: http://www.mb.com.ph
CCTV Philippines News: NCRPO Wants Spy Cameras At NAIA Waiting Areas
By Non Alquitran (The Philippine Star) Updated August 27, 2010 12:00 AM Comments (12) View comments
MANILA, Philippines - The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) called yesterday for the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at the waiting areas and parking lots of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City to curb robberies involving foreign tourists and overseas Filipino workers.
NCRPO chief Director Leocadio Santiago also directed the Pasay City police to review their checkpoints around NAIA to make it difficult for robbers, particularly members of the “Bundol (bump)” gang from going in and out of airport premises.
The Bundol gang’s modus operandi is to tail their victims from the NAIA, rear-end the victims’ vehicle, then rob them when they stop.
Santiago said he will coordinate with NAIA general manager Angel Honrado for the installation of the CCTV cameras.
“The CCTV cameras would help us monitor the spotters of the gang in waiting areas and also the plate numbers of vehicles in parking lots,” Santiago said in an interview.
The NCRPO chief issued his call following the rob-slay last Sunday of South Korean missionary Choe Tae Hwan, who fetched his colleagues from NAIA. Robbers blocked the path of their car and shot Choe when he fought back.
Santiago said businessman George Bernas, a brother-in-law of former presidential daughter Luli Arroyo; an American in Mandaluyong City and a Chinese family in Manila were robbed after they left NAIA.
Though the Eastern Police District (EPD) are still determining whether the Bundol gang were also behind the rob-slay of Choe, Santiago said “it is the NAIA which served as a common denominators of these robberies. So we must tighten our security arrangement at the airport and we can do that with the utmost cooperation of Gen. Honrado.”
The NCRPO chief vowed to make the neutralization of the Bundol gang as their top priority especially with the expected influx of Filipino workers returning home for Christmas.
Santiago also directed Superintendent Remus Medina, head of the NCRPO’s regional police intelligence and operations unit, to deploy teams to go after the gang.
Source: http://www.philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines - The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) called yesterday for the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at the waiting areas and parking lots of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City to curb robberies involving foreign tourists and overseas Filipino workers.
NCRPO chief Director Leocadio Santiago also directed the Pasay City police to review their checkpoints around NAIA to make it difficult for robbers, particularly members of the “Bundol (bump)” gang from going in and out of airport premises.
The Bundol gang’s modus operandi is to tail their victims from the NAIA, rear-end the victims’ vehicle, then rob them when they stop.
Santiago said he will coordinate with NAIA general manager Angel Honrado for the installation of the CCTV cameras.
“The CCTV cameras would help us monitor the spotters of the gang in waiting areas and also the plate numbers of vehicles in parking lots,” Santiago said in an interview.
The NCRPO chief issued his call following the rob-slay last Sunday of South Korean missionary Choe Tae Hwan, who fetched his colleagues from NAIA. Robbers blocked the path of their car and shot Choe when he fought back.
Santiago said businessman George Bernas, a brother-in-law of former presidential daughter Luli Arroyo; an American in Mandaluyong City and a Chinese family in Manila were robbed after they left NAIA.
Though the Eastern Police District (EPD) are still determining whether the Bundol gang were also behind the rob-slay of Choe, Santiago said “it is the NAIA which served as a common denominators of these robberies. So we must tighten our security arrangement at the airport and we can do that with the utmost cooperation of Gen. Honrado.”
The NCRPO chief vowed to make the neutralization of the Bundol gang as their top priority especially with the expected influx of Filipino workers returning home for Christmas.
Santiago also directed Superintendent Remus Medina, head of the NCRPO’s regional police intelligence and operations unit, to deploy teams to go after the gang.
Source: http://www.philstar.com
What is CCTV?
CCTV stands for Closed-Circuit Television. This is a cameras that can produce images or recordings for surveillance purposes, and can be either video cameras, or digital stills cameras.
Here's another definition that can be found here.
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.
It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly transmitted, though it may employ point to point, point to multipoint, or mesh wireless links. CCTV is often used for surveillance in areas that may need monitoring such as banks, casinos, airports, military installations, and convenience stores. It is also an important tool of distance education.
In industrial plants, CCTV equipment may be used to observe parts of a process from a central control room, for example when the environment is not suitable for humans. CCTV systems may operate continuously or only as required to monitor a particular event. A more advanced form of CCTV, utilizing Digital Video Recorders (DVRs), provides recording for possibly many years, with a variety of quality and performance options and extra features (such as motion-detection and email alerts). More recently, decentralized IP-based CCTV cameras, some equipped with megapixel sensors, support recording directly to network-attached storage devices, or internal flash for completely stand-alone operation.
Surveillance of the public using CCTV is particularly common in the UK, where there are reportedly more cameras per person than in any other country in the world. There and elsewhere, its increasing use has triggered a debate about security versus privacy.
Here's another definition that can be found here.
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.
It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly transmitted, though it may employ point to point, point to multipoint, or mesh wireless links. CCTV is often used for surveillance in areas that may need monitoring such as banks, casinos, airports, military installations, and convenience stores. It is also an important tool of distance education.
In industrial plants, CCTV equipment may be used to observe parts of a process from a central control room, for example when the environment is not suitable for humans. CCTV systems may operate continuously or only as required to monitor a particular event. A more advanced form of CCTV, utilizing Digital Video Recorders (DVRs), provides recording for possibly many years, with a variety of quality and performance options and extra features (such as motion-detection and email alerts). More recently, decentralized IP-based CCTV cameras, some equipped with megapixel sensors, support recording directly to network-attached storage devices, or internal flash for completely stand-alone operation.
Surveillance of the public using CCTV is particularly common in the UK, where there are reportedly more cameras per person than in any other country in the world. There and elsewhere, its increasing use has triggered a debate about security versus privacy.
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