Smart CCTV deployed at Bridgetown Port
Information Certainty: Documented
Deployment Purpose: Criminal investigations, Surveillance
| Summary |
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| Smart CCTV appears to be in use at Bridgetown Port, which has greatly expanded its CCTV network. A control and command center has also been set up to monitor the footage. The cameras are said to be using 'artificial intelligence' to detect movement. |
Products and Institutions:
| Product Deployed | Unknown Products 0082 |
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| Datasets | Unknown Dataset 0129 |
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Status and Events:
| Status | Ongoing |
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| Events | Start (28 October 2019, Documented, , No description) |
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| End Date |
Users:
| Involved Entities | |
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| Managed by | Barbados Police Service |
| Used by | Barbados Police Service |
Location:
| City | Bridgetown (BRB) |
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| Country ⠉ | Barbados |
Description[ ]
A new CCTV system at Bridgetown port allows crime to be detected. Bridgetown Port Chairperson Lisa Cummins commented on the expansion and the new command center.
Cummins said the CCTV system, the command centre and the new canine unit would bolster security at the Bridgetown Port like never seen before. “We are in the process of rolling out CCTV coverage throughout the Port. Close to 500 cameras are expected to be installed by the time the project is completed and we are well underway. We have also purchased and they are here already in service, ammunition sniffing dogs as well as those who take responsibility for organic material. There is a fleet of four new dogs and they are already working in the Port in collaboration with the Royal Barbados Police Force.“We have also installed a state-of-the-art command centre in the Bridgetown Port. It is manned on a 24-hour basis by teams comprising the Barbados Port, the Royal Barbados Police Force, the Customs Department and the Barbados Defence Force. The cameras will feed into that command centre and every scan will be interpreted in real time in less than six seconds by personnel in that command center which is already operational,” Senator Cummins explained 2
Minister Humphreys states that artificial intelligence is used to detect movement on the cameras.
Speaking in Parliament on the facilitation of the International Maritime Traffic Bill, 2021, Humphrey said the port’s security system had been significantly bolstered. In fact, he gave the assurance that by the end of the year the port would have the most sophisticated security system in the country. “When we came into office there were 52 cameras in the Bridgetown Port and of those 52 cameras, 22 were not working. We currently now have 88 views in the Bridgetown Port. Phase 2, which is being implemented now, will see an additional 117 cameras being put in the Bridgetown Port. So we’re talking about where we had 30 cameras, we will have approximately 200 cameras in the Bridgetown Port. Tell me that we are not taking security seriously,” Humphrey said. “With those 200 or more cameras in the Bridgetown Port, I can easily say to you that we will have probably the most advanced monitoring and tracking system utilizing artificial intelligence…” The minister said using artificial intelligence, the security system was able to track movement in “the still of the night.” He said that had resulted in persons being brought before the law courts for engaging in illegal activities 1
References
- a b "Improvements at the Bridgetown Port credited with million-dollar drug find". (2021) <https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/09/22/improvements-at-the-bridgetown-port-credited-with-million-dollar-drug-find/> Accessed: 2022-11-18
- a b "Tighter guard". (2019) <https://barbadostoday.bb/2019/10/29/tighter-guard/> Accessed: 2022-11-18