All the technology in the world is useless when the human behind it is asleep at the wheel:
Daniel Castillo of Queens swam to shore and then walked past motion sensors and closed-circuit cameras of the airport’s state-of–the art Perimeter Intrusion Detection System.
The $100 million system is meant to safeguard against terrorists.
Castillo climbed an eight-foot-tall perimeter fence and made his way to Terminal 3, according to The New York Post. He approached a Delta Airlines worker, who alerted authorities, the paper said.
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“We have called for an expedited review of the incident and a complete investigation to determine how Raytheon’s perimeter intrusion detection system-which exceeds federal requirements-could be improved,” the Port Authority said in a statement. “Our goal is to keep the region’s airports safe and secure at all times.”
Noble goal. You failed, but still, noble goal.
I wonder if this is how well the virtual fence is working on the southern border.
Nah. Probably not. After all, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said it’s safer than it’s ever been, and we can trust her. Right?
I hope they do not treat this guy as a criminal. Because he is not. The criminals may be the contractors who pocketed $100 million on a security system that does not work.
Agreed. However, I’m guessing there were signs telling him he would be trespassing and subject to criminal prosecution, etc.
If so, he should be prosecuted for that.
From the source article. – “Castillo was charged with criminal trespass.”
From this blog owner. – “If so, he should be prosecuted for that. ”
I would expect the airport authorities, the people with a few dozen eggs on their faces, to over-react and forget that emergency situations are exceptions to things like “no trespass” signs – but I expect better of a blogger who should know better. What was this guy supposed to do? Sit on his disabled jet ski until he died of thirst or sun-stroke? NO. He did what he had to do to survive. Had the airport “security” people been on their toes, they could have responded to his situation, or called in harbor patrol (look at a map of the waterway) to investigate the immobile jet ski and/or render assistance, and no breech or “trespass” would have occurred.
Um, walk around?
I know, that’s crazy talk and I should know better.