Pattaya CCTV - more than half of the council's cameras don't work

[snoop1130]

Pattaya CCTV - more than half of the council's cameras don't work

 

 

The Pattaya City council has admitted that less than half of their CCTV cameras actually work.

 

Now they want private firms to install their own to improve efficiency.

 

Out of of 2,112 cameras installed in various places since 2005 only 900 are still in working order.

 

Sophon Cable said this represented just 43% of municipal cameras.

 

At a city hall meeting the authority blamed a number of factors including electrical faults and fires.

 

So the authority are looking increasingly to the private sector to install and maintain cameras both to increase efficiency and save money.

 

They said that an estimated 95% of privately owned CCTV cameras were operational.

 

Plans to spend more than 32 million baht on extending the coverage of authority cameras in Na Klua sois 22 and 24 and the port area of Bali Hai have now been shelved.

 

The authority, while accepting that safety is important for the public, are looking for private firms and businesses to step up to the plate and pay for it instead.

 

Source: https://www.facebook.com/STVPattaya/posts/1623620470992214

 

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[Daryle]

Time for another kick back. It's a gift that keeps giving...

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[hansnl]

Unbelievable!

[jacko45k]

If it works don't fix it'

In Thailand, the latter applies.

[Anythingleft?]

So this will just be added to the other lists of non functioning departments and personnel..... A quick glance around can identify what is not working, what about a list of what does work. That would only take a few minutes to jot down

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[harada]

This might explain why.

[pattayadgw]

The only fault is 'NO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE'........ they just don't get it!!

[shaurene]

It is probably the same with all councils. They look for the cheapest options, grind the supplyers down, then the suppliers cut corners so they can make money. And as we all know in Thailand. "If it is working leave it, no maintenance as it cost money.  Hire the most experienced company, get the best warranty they can and a legal commitment from the company and an refundable deposit from the company for a period of at least 12 to 24 months. 

The councils do not have experienced financial controlers to organise their spending, it is probably left to the mayor and ge will have a lot of envelopes going to his heads of departments to send payments to who ever in the council.

To get the right people they would need to get rid of their "We can do it" policy's. And employ overseas experienced people.

they cant even control other main supplyers like the water boads, electricity companies just leaving all the unused cabeling hanging everywhere. But this is Thailand, it will never happen.

like the flooding n Bangkok each year, they should discuss with overseas countres experienced in this field like Holland to do the study for what they need to do. Another dream though.

[shaurene]

12 minutes ago, harada said:

This might explain why.

You hit it right on the nose.

[1duckyboy]

Some years ago it was revealed that a large percentage of the CCTV cameras in Bangkok were actually dummy cameras, not cameras at all, when authorities tried to get images from them. The company that installed them said that was the contract all along. No one told the police or city council. 

[Lupatria]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Now they want private firms to install their own to improve efficiency.

I think many of us already have an idea who are the stakeholders behind the companies eligible for the 32 million baht job...

[Justgrazing]

2 hours ago, Lupatria said:

I think many of us already have an idea who are the stakeholders behind the companies eligible for the 32 million baht job...

Did I just detect the merest hint of a whiff of the possible suggestion that some may be using their position to gain pecuniary advantage in all of this Lup' .. 

[masuk]

6 hours ago, harada said:

This might explain why.

You've been visiting Chiang Mai!

[Justgrazing]

7 hours ago, shaurene said:

It is probably the same with all councils. They look for the cheapest options, grind the supplyers down, then the suppliers cut corners so they can make money. And as we all know in Thailand. "If it is working leave it, no maintenance as it cost money.  Hire the most experienced company, get the best warranty they can and a legal commitment from the company and an refundable deposit from the company for a period of at least 12 to 24 months. 

The councils do not have experienced financial controlers to organise their spending, it is probably left to the mayor and ge will have a lot of envelopes going to his heads of departments to send payments to who ever in the council.

To get the right people they would need to get rid of their "We can do it" policy's. And employ overseas experienced people.

they cant even control other main supplyers like the water boads, electricity companies just leaving all the unused cabeling hanging everywhere. But this is Thailand, it will never happen.

like the flooding n Bangkok each year, they should discuss with overseas countres experienced in this field like Holland to do the study for what they need to do. Another dream though.

You do realise you're observations about Holland would mean them having to talk with those bloody foreigners even if it was the laid back easy to get on with Dutch .. 

[Justgrazing]

Jeez more bad luck with fires and electrical faults taking out these CCTV's on top of all that rain playing havoc with the drainage system ..

[Ulic]

Amazing. They have scrapped the 32 million baht budget to extend the

camera coverage in the hope that a private company will put up the cameras

and pay for it. Not sure how that is going to happen. Good luck to city counselors.

[jaywalker]

On 8/15/2017 at 7:26 AM, snoop1130 said:

They said that an estimated 95% of privately owned CCTV cameras were operational.

That would be because private owners actually CARE about stopping crime.

[joepattaya1961]

Just one guess who will own one of the private companies taking care of maintaining and monitoring the CCTV system............