webfact Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 PM announces plan to link up all surveillance camerasJeerapong PrasertpolkrungThe NationPrime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra speaks after watching a presentation on a centralised closed-circuit television system at the Foreign Ministry yesterday.BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is moving to reduce redundant purchases of surveillance cameras nationwide by setting up a national centre that can link all airports, tourism destinations, the restive South and border provinces."On the border provinces, we can prevent the smuggling of contraband, drugs and illegal migrants,'' she said yesterday.She was inspecting the closed-circuit television system of the centre, which will integrate security networks across the country.State agencies have their own cameras and some are installed in places already monitored by another agency, which is wasteful. If the agencies can share cameras, the country can save money and more cameras can be deployed to other critical or risky areas such as tourism-oriented cities and border provinces, including those in the deep South, said the PM, who is also defence minister.The centre can tap the maps and information system of the National Police, so local and foreign tourists can feel safer, as the software can help analyse and prevent problems.Implementation has started and will be extended to more ministries, she said.Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said he would meet with the Tourism Ministry and Airports of Thailand to cooperate on the project."Once tourists touch down, they will be given high security."For Thais, housing estates that are suffering from rampant burglaries can connect their monitoring system with that of police,'' he said.Yingluck also gave instructions for the centre to be used in the rice pledging scheme to catch corruption."This can help clear claims that rice is being transferred during the pledging period,'' he said.-- The Nation 2013-08-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BeforeTigers Posted August 29, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2013 Well, if you're going to run a police state you might as well be efficient about it, I suppose.Meanwhile, you can't even trust the water from of the tap.Interesting priorities. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yooper2001 Posted August 29, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2013 (edited) They would be far better off if they install cameras at traffic intersections and on the freeways to capture the offenders who pass red lights and capture speeding vans who kill many people every year Edited August 29, 2013 by metisdead Underscore removed. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Be careful Thailand, PTP big brother is watching you, reading your social media posts and no doubt listening in too. I'd like to think surveillance is carried out for good reason such as crime suppression but with this government there's always a major doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gsxrnz Posted August 29, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2013 They should try and organise a piss up in a brewery first. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songhua Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 They would be far better off if they install cameras at traffic intersections and on the freeways to capture the offenders who pass red lights and capture speeding vans who kill many people every yearAnd the offenders who take your money even when you do it right.Two birds with one stone - identify crime and make that start on corruption we keep hearing about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 "Once tourists touch down, they will be given high security. Boy do I feel better now. I expect this will be another B500m project. After all you can get only 200 clocks for B16m. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnie20110 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 They should try and organise a piss up in a brewery first. Agreed. It's evidenced by the very odd choice of the Foreign Minister Surapong taking on the task of coordinating domestic security systems. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Nothing much will come of it, I don't think. The hamsters watching the screens will spend most of their time at lunch, on break, or reading FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nooky2 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 "Once tourists touch down, they will be given high security. Boy do I feel better now. I expect this will be another B500m project. After all you can get only 200 clocks for B16m. Yes, more rhetoric to sell tourist on false security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Str8 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 That's actually a useful idea. You go girl, follow your brother's instructions. Sent from one of my devices using the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 If it used fairly & not conveniently out of operation when some hiso drags a policeman under his car (for example) then it can be a useful tool in fighting crime but I am quite shocked that some humungous budget for this project was not announced at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFarAndNear Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Does these cameras reduce crime? It will only helps to arrest the stupid criminals which would have caught anyway because of stupidness and filling up the +200% overfilled jails in Thailand. I only see a future where these full surveillance will be used to control the people of the whole country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickymaster Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Well, if you're going to run a police state you might as well be efficient about it, I suppose. Meanwhile, you can't even trust the water from of the tap. Interesting priorities. Even the foreign minister is assigned to help creating a police state. They must be in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 If they need experts to help them they should call in the Brit's who have more camera's per capita than anywhere else on the Planet. Can't have a dump in Blighty without somebody watching to see the colour of your shreddies ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorri Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 (edited) Technically it can be done but not by Thais, they simply do not have the technical ability to install then maintain such a system.... practically it is impossible. How do you monitor every camera (think about the numbers involved), at the same time, you couldn't even monitor every camera at Suvarnabhumi airport,24/7, never mind the entire nation. Brainless twaddle. Edited August 29, 2013 by Rorri 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerdee123 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Why not give every security cam a public web address so the public can see for themselves what's going on .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 And have one man watching the lot ! regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapout Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 The survellance camera systems that are in service have been shown to be overpriced, destroyed by vandals, many have no working internal system, not maintianed, used at police whim, etc .Since the camera system have been adopted, no one has shown that the crime rate has decreased, and the photos of the accused bad guys seem to be provided by the camers installed by the private sector in their place of business. The proposal should be looked at from the stand point of the two individuals who are mentioned as making same.They are just setting up another family/cronie buffet, which will be at the expense of the present and future taxpayer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorri Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 (edited) Why not give every security cam a public web address so the public can see for themselves what's going on .... lol..because then every crim, in the world can watch every target they want, case the place, know when cops are close by... etc etc etc...do you actually THINK before posting a comment? On top of that, not ALL cameras are IP cameras, so to give them an IP address would mean a convertor would be necessary along with a very large (bandwidth) internet connection needed, this would possibly use ALL of Thailand's available internet bandwidth. Edited August 29, 2013 by Rorri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickymaster Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 (edited) Why not give every security cam a public web address so the public can see for themselves what's going on .... lol..because then every crim, in the world can watch every target they want, case the place, know when cops are close by... etc etc etc...do you actually THINK before posting a comment? He might have been joking... Edited August 29, 2013 by Nickymaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemini81 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 They'll be linked up so that it is easier to destroy damning evidence faster and more efficiently, by PTP & all cronies/future paid thug riots/police inactivity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorri Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Why not give every security cam a public web address so the public can see for themselves what's going on .... lol..because then every crim, in the world can watch every target they want, case the place, know when cops are close by... etc etc etc...do you actually THINK before posting a comment? He might have been joking... and he might NOT be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherstuff1957 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Well, Thailand is already off to a good start. With a little more work they could surpass the UK and the US as the country that watches its citizens most closely. This map shows countries with heavy surveillance in black and then through a series of colors until you see the freest countries in blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrerakiss Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Well, Thailand is already off to a good start. With a little more work they could surpass the UK and the US as the country that watches its citizens most closely. " I might worry about a lot of things in Thailand, but I would never worry that cameras might be used to watch the population closely. Even if installed correctly, they will never be maintained and even if maintained, nobody will be arsed to watch. They won't do anything for crime either, but what the heck, another sound bite in the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offset Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I wonder if they will include the cameras that they are installing in Lumpini Park now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIHUAHUA Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 What a waste of money! Paint guns could cure the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyuk Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Although many engineering hours will be needed to define the proposed surveillance system is a sound idea. Operators / observers could be minimised in number by the use of IT in the area of face recognition and recognition of patterns of behavior. In this way a small team could take care of hundreds of screen images. The addition of sound would also allow police to communicate with offenders and tagged probationer's to discourage them from an offence in progress. Done properly it would allow prisoners that are incarcerated for non violent offence to be discharged from the overcrowded prison system to live out on house arrest. At the least the project should be studied professionally to make sure that it's feasible and cost effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtongteesood Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Big Brother is watching so be careful what you do people. Can we put cameras in all the rooms in parliament too so that everyone can see the Skype calls from your imperious leader too, who is looking at porn during sessions and who is too busy sleeping to care ? Would be interesting to be a constant fly on the wall there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee b Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Come on ppl, all these negative comments, give the girl a chance !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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