It Was Supposed To Make Citizens Safer, Not $45 Million Poorer
From a Sun-Times story by Carol Marin and Don Moseley about a Cook County, Illinois Homeland Security boondoggle:
Project Shield was supposed to make citizens safer. But in the end, the $45-million Homeland Security program more resembled a disaster, wasting taxpayers' dollars and failing to make a single citizen more secure.The failed Cook County initiative was replete with equipment that failed to work, missing records and untrained first responders according to a report by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The report, to be released Monday but obtained by The Sun-Times and NBC5 News, found "millions of tax dollars may have been wasted."
Under Project Shield, two police squad cars in all 128 Cook County suburbs were to be fitted with cameras capable of feeding live video to a central command. In addition, fixed mounted cameras were to be installed to feed pictures in case of a terrorist attack or emergency in Cook County.
A six-month investigation by the IG found "equipment was not working, was removed, or could not be properly operated."
What? Signs of ineptitude and corruption in Illinois? Gasp!
Somebody tell the President!
Of course the cameras were removed. This is the state that says police may not be filmed or recorded. A live signal can't be controlled by the police.
Radwaste at January 12, 2012 2:39 AM
A live unencrypted signal can't be controlled by the police.
FIFY. You're welcome.
(dang, wished I drove to work in pirates!)
I R A Darth Aggie at January 12, 2012 8:38 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/01/12/it_was_supposed.html#comment-2912261">comment from I R A Darth AggiePS I R A...Gregg says I'm not supposed to change these questions very often, but I find it fun!
Amy Alkon at January 12, 2012 8:50 AM
It was probably planned this way. Crook County, Illinois, Obamaville.
Stinky the Clown at January 12, 2012 2:07 PM
I suggest this spam eliminator question: Why is there something rather than nothing? Nature abhors a vacuum or the antropomorphic principle?
A few more possibilities at Philosophical Questions
Andrew_M_Garland at January 12, 2012 3:36 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/01/12/it_was_supposed.html#comment-2912801">comment from Andrew_M_GarlandHah.
P.S. Nature would actually like a Dyson, but is making do with the one she got at Goodwill for $10.
Amy Alkon at January 12, 2012 4:09 PM
Are you saying that nature sucks?
Cousin Dave at January 12, 2012 5:02 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/01/12/it_was_supposed.html#comment-2912883">comment from Cousin DaveNo, that I wish nature would come over and vacuum my rugs.
Amy Alkon at January 12, 2012 5:10 PM
"Are you saying that nature sucks?"
Apparenlty it does
http://earthsky.org/biomimicry/jay-harman-froze-a-whirlpool-to-clean-water-or-air
lujlp at January 13, 2012 12:24 PM
Here is an extended interview with the guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=by0JhirtO-0&feature
lujlp at January 13, 2012 1:57 PM
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