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Fahie Gov’t signs contract for restoration of CCTV network lines
Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) signed a contract yesterday morning, September 9, 2021, for just over $411,000 with Cable and Wireless BVI Ltd to rebuild the backbone surveillance infrastructure destroyed during the hurricanes of 2017.
Works will commence shortly to install a dedicated fiber network for the system through the territory, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) stated in a press release today, September 10, 2021.
It said with the level of importance Government has placed on this restoration project, funding was secured through the Caribbean Development Bank and matched with funds from its capital expenditures to expand on previous surveillance system, providing a more reliable, resilient coverage and less vulnerable to disaster.
Country Manager of Flow BVI, Ravindra Maywahlall signed the contract on behalf of Flow, while Director of Projects Dr Drexel M. Glasgow, Premier’s Political Advisor Kevin C. Smith and Flow Corporate Sales Manager Marlon Solomon witnessed the signatures.
Present at the short ceremony were also the Acting Commissioner of Police Jacqueline E. Vanterpool, Acting Deputy Secretary in Deputy Governor’s Office Aisha Hill and the RVIPF Systems Manager Sergeant Claude Rymer.
CCTV will also capture indiscriminate dumping- Premier
The Premier noted that while the project is very important to the work of security around the territory and specifically to Royal Virgin Islands Police Force’s crime detection efforts, he sees tremendous benefits for neighbourhood watch groups and for detecting and deterring indiscriminate dumping of waste in and around the Territory.
“From District 1 to 9, we see stoves even refrigerators outside bins. Persons would never know how many times Government has clean up around these dumps. It is only a minority of persons that are guilty of this, but it is a growing trend and it reflects badly on all of us. This (project) will help us tremendously in identifying the culprits,” the Premier said
He added that a cleaner, fresher, safety environment translates to a more prosperous economy, happier residents and more attractive to visitors.
Flow’s Country Manager as well as Acting Commissioner Jacqueline E. Vanterpool both shared their gratitude at being a part of this significant milestone.
Once completed, the new CCTV surveillance system is expected to provide the critical support to the efforts of law enforcement in detecting and preventing crime.
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8 Responses to “Fahie Gov’t signs contract for restoration of CCTV network lines”
But don't we also need surveillance cameras to guard our finances from political, and other thieves breaking in? Yes, we do.
Net work is really bad you in class, meeting, watching television, simply on the phone, funeral you name it and the system is embarrassing. The only thing they know how to do well is place cancer towers next to your houses. Radiation is terrible they need to invest in larget and better equipments where frequency output from the mountains are better and stop putting them right next to persons homes. Time will tell
The Government need to investigate why the territory is having so many cancer patients and death's then we can see what our money's are been spent for.
Who have ears to hear and eyes to see let them hear .