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Stranded Jetskier Walks Across JFK Runways, Into Terminal Undetected
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Why in the hell was he charged with anything??? He should get something for his trouble as the makers and user of the security system should get a big fine for not checking and having safeguards that make sure the system is up and operating properly.
More than likely there were NO TRESPASS signs hanging on the fence, which made him eligible for the charge but for sensors and cameras to be effective, someone has to monitor them. They can show everything and sound all kinds of alarms but if nobody is monitoring them, they are useless. Instead of going after Raytheon and telling them they had a bad system, they need to be looking at who was supposed to be monitoring them. They left out that part of the story.
No kidding. The Authority guy must have been asleep. Or watching porn instead of his cameras.
I don't think a system like this is designed to work by having people watch camera views continuously - you would have to simultaneously watch hundreds of views, given the huger perimeter. So there was probably a failure of some automatic alarm. Maybe some sensor was turned off, or made less sensitive, because seagulls kept tripping it.
But why do people automatically assume the failure is with the last guy in the chain? Maybe the failure has more to do with a company that made millions in profits cashing in on the security spending windfall?
But why do people automatically assume the failure is with the last guy in the chain? Maybe the failure has more to do with a company that made millions in profits cashing in on the security spending windfall?
It takes boots on the ground for enforcement. Even if the system worked nothing happens until somebody shows up. Looks like your profit motive theory is correct. And now that the system is aging and doesn't work we can spend millions on maintainence.
I'm not even saying I know it's related to a profit motive, or where the fault lies. I'm saying it doesn't make sense to automatically assume the fault is with the last person in the chain.
Bottom line is it didn't work. This is probably the first intrusion since installation.
Those charges better be dropped. If I'm picturing the area right then he had little choice but to trespass or swim for it. Unless he was just on the edge and could have slogged across a bit of wetlands to "civilization". I think I would have tried walking to the terminal as well. Flat, cleared land, with large, easy to spot hazards, compared to mud, reads, water, underwater metal.
Do the authorities get that he could have likely easily walked out of the airport and no one would have known about the breach? Instead he approached a Delta agent and told them what happened. Of course it's spun that the agent "alerted the authorities" when HE's the one who alerted the authorities by going to the agent in the first place. Next time someone else will keep their mouth shut, skulk off, and leave the barn unlocked.
Do the authorities get that he could have likely easily walked out of the airport and no one would have known about the breach? Instead he approached a Delta agent and told them what happened. Of course it's spun that the agent "alerted the authorities" when HE's the one who alerted the authorities by going to the agent in the first place. Next time someone else will keep their mouth shut, skulk off, and leave the barn unlocked.