Camera Scandal?
We still might see some of Stroger's people headed to jail:
- The FBI, along with the Inspector General's office from the Department of Homeland Security, are looking at how tens of millions of dollars have been spent by Cook County officials, NBC Chicago and the Chicago Sun-Times have learned.
The federal funds were earmarked for a controversial program called Project Shield.
Between $45 and $50 million in federal Homeland Security money has been spent to outfit suburban police cars with cameras.
Those cameras are supposed to stream live video back to a central command center in cases of emergency, including a terrorist attack.
But Project Shield, which was first implemented by IBM back in 2004, has had serious technical problems, calling into question how the money was spent and the safety provided.
Any other government entities get Federal Homeland Security money for camera systems of questionable value? Oh yeah - Chicago. Hmmmm.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
19 Comments:
we have one project shield camera in Hoffman Estates on Governors Ln..complete with strobing red/blue lights! Its a complete POS that never works w/the squadcar and goes unmonitored
A slap on the wrist? Perhaps. Prison?? Never. Not with this City, County, State, or worthless Prosecutor on Dearborn Street. It's an absolute disgrace that almost 10 years after 9-11 we are so pathetically dysfunctional, and there's nobody who matters that gives a damn. I'm terrified for my Children's future.
I don't want to see 'Stroger's people' go to jail; I want to see STROGER go to jail.
Come to think of it, I want to see 'em ALL go to jail.
"Between $45 and $50 million in federal Homeland Security money has been spent to outfit suburban police cars with cameras.
"Those cameras are supposed to stream live video back to a central command center in cases of emergency, including a terrorist attack."
Gee, that kind of money would have bought a lot of modern weaponry and armor, chemical/radiological/biological protective/detection gear, medical supplies, and rescue equipment so that a central command center could stream live police officers towards an emergency, including a terrorist attack.
Depends on whether you want to mitigate the situation or sit back and play Pong with it.
Just what we need -- a blurred video picture at a funny angle, showing part of an open squad car door, a ditch, and a fence post with a bird sitting on it. You know how these things work out...
Cameras.
It's enough to make you cry.
Never trust any politician in chicago cook county! Oh yeah Illinois too.
We nave a new "shield" camera, right across the street from the old one that doesnt work anymore.
Can we take John Stroger's name off of County Hospital now and change it back?
Takes a set of balls to name something after yourself when you are still alive.
Can anybody imagine Todd S being marched into prison to the chants, hooting and hollering (like in Shawshank Redemption) ?
That alone would be worth the price of the trial.
Not to worry. Even if the hard drives on the mystery camera's harbored images of Democratic politicians sexually assaulting pre-teen boys my Irish neigbors would still be tripping over themselves in their mad dash to the polls to elect more of these goofs! To bad St. Patrick isn't around to drive these lemmings from Edison Park. We might get our neighborhood back...
Hmmm, they all seem to be democrats.
I'm no punk J-Fed but look around boys... it's yes that simple greedy ass no good county you gave t to them without restriction, now you got and we got nothing. Great move
To bad St. Patrick isn't around to drive these lemmings from Edison Park. We might get our neighborhood back...
2/17/2011 09:47:00 AM
He's subcontracted the job to me.
Chalkie
That was brought to light over 2 years ago, then vanished. Now it has been resurrected from the dead again only to die a second death in the bowels of fed building.
Another friend/family cronie of Todd jr with no experience on cameras and surveilance walked away with a ton of cash. Chalk it up to another federal cash giveaway that went unmonitored.
He thought the money was to fill his secure home with cameras. That's an understandable mistake.
We can't take his name off Stroger Hospital until someone will volunteer to put their name on. Can we use yours?
Why not call it "chalkie" memorial hospital?
I could have accepted that he was just another crooked politician but this guy was beyond the pale. Bar none, the dumbest mother fucker ever to have his name printed on a voting ballot in the history of this fine corrupt city. Crooked I take for granted, but stupid?
Chalkie Memorial Hospital is way too white. The welfare recipients will never stand for it you cute little outline you.
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