Posted on 02/24/2019 4:27:48 PM PST by redfog
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force Academy has installed several thousand closed-circuit TV cameras on campus over the past year to create a safer environment for cadets and to deter criminal behavior.
The cameras were mentioned by Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, the academy’s superintendent, during testimony Feb. 13 before a subcommittee hearing of the House Appropriations Committee about the military service academies. The superintendents of each military service academy testified nearly two weeks after the Pentagon released its annual report on sexual assault and harassment at the academies.
The report’s anonymous scientific survey found that 747 students said they experienced unwanted sexual contact within the last year, a nearly 50 percent increase from 507 students in 2016.
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Silveria said that the academy in Colorado is responsible for working harder to build a “culture of accountability,” and that their leadership education has senior cadets who are about to become Air Force officers take responsibility for what happens in their company.
He said that the safety and security of cadets were his responsibility.
“So we've installed thousands of closed-circuit TV cameras throughout our dorms for safety and security,” he said.
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The cameras have been installed in common areas at cadet dorms, including hallways, entrances and exits, study and TV rooms, stairwells and rooftops. They are not being placed in private areas such as cadet rooms, locker rooms, offices or restrooms, the spokesman said.
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If we have to install cameras in every nook and cranny of the facility, maybe it’s time to sell the 18,000 acres to some religious organization and rely on ROTC and OTS to produce our future officers.
Leadership through 24/7 surveillance...
And these people are being trained. This is the source of future CIA/DIA/NSA/FBI...etc ad nauseum.
They will be happy to be in CHARGE of the monitoring. They have been immersed in it since walking into the academy at age 18.
Inspired by No. 6’s Village.
““So we’ve installed thousands of closed-circuit TV cameras throughout our dorms for safety and security,” he said.”
it worked fine for the many decades the school has been around. Why now? Are they trying to catch the leftard hoaxers?
When does the Space Force Academy open?
No thanks.
What happens to the oath “I will not lie, cheat or steal nor will I tolerate those who do”?
A climate of trust and teamwork.
I bet there’s a direct coloration between the rise of sexual abuse cases and first the acceptance of women at the academy, and more importantly, accepting homosexuals....
That’s a lot of DVRs/NVRs.
correlation (stupid spellcheck!!!)
Not this man’s Air Force I served in.
This whole country is No. 6's Village
We are living in a techno police state unimaginable by George Orwell
I was hoping Trump would cut a few of the wires but I was wrong.
The electronic concentration camp....soon to be everywhere. Don’t worry....its for your safety.
1984 is here.
“The U.S. Air Force Academy has installed several thousand closed-circuit TV cameras on campus over the past year to create a safer environment for cadets and to deter criminal behavior.”
Deter criminal behavior by USAFA cadets? Who the hell are they letting in? The OSI should investigate whose brother-in-law got the contract...but that’s just the Chicago in me speaking.
Wires?
I’m thinking massive bundles of backbone cables.
You’re right of course, I was speaking figuratively.
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