I like that the port authority police union rep is complaining about the quality of the security system. Does he think that the port authority police can just sit on their asses because the security system is going to do their jobs for them? The man was wearing gear designed specifically for high visibility, and nobody saw him.
Also, are there really no exemptions to trespassing laws to account for emergency situations like this? It seems that if you're stranded at sea you shouldn't have to find a public beach to get out of the water.
> Also, are there really no exemptions to trespassing laws to account for emergency situations like this? It seems that if you're stranded at sea you shouldn't have to find a public beach to get out of the water.
In a perfect world, he would've been detected, units would've been dispatched to receive him, and he would've cleared port authority by explaining himself.
In actuality, security was notified far past the point when he actually could've caused some real trouble, and in a move of double reverse CYA, security took the hardest line possible on the guy, as though it would somehow undo some of their complete incompetence.
If you click through to the NYPost article, it mentions that he didn't have any ID or anything on him:
“All his IDs, his money, his car keys — they’re all gone.
They sunk with the jet ski,” Cowan said.
I can see them initially arresting him for trespass, but after the matter is sorted out, I would expect them to drop the charges. If they keep pushing for them, it doesn't make any sense (other than in a "you embarrassed us, and now you'll pay" sort of way).
In a perfect world I think he would have been prevented from breaching the perimeter and they would have detected the failed attempt to breach the perimeter.
Um, I think he was complaining because he wants to highlight the failures of a system that is in direct competition with the members of his union. I would imagine that the automated system was put in place under the guise of "doing the police union members jobs for them."
The episode has brought out an angry Port Authority
police union, whose chief told the Post JFK's electronic
surveillance system "is an expensive piece of junk with
no value as a security deterrent."
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I like that the port authority police union rep is complaining about the quality of the security system. Does he think that the port authority police can just sit on their asses because the security system is going to do their jobs for them? The man was wearing gear designed specifically for high visibility, and nobody saw him.
Also, are there really no exemptions to trespassing laws to account for emergency situations like this? It seems that if you're stranded at sea you shouldn't have to find a public beach to get out of the water.
> Also, are there really no exemptions to trespassing laws to account for emergency situations like this? It seems that if you're stranded at sea you shouldn't have to find a public beach to get out of the water.
In a perfect world, he would've been detected, units would've been dispatched to receive him, and he would've cleared port authority by explaining himself.
In actuality, security was notified far past the point when he actually could've caused some real trouble, and in a move of double reverse CYA, security took the hardest line possible on the guy, as though it would somehow undo some of their complete incompetence.
If you click through to the NYPost article, it mentions that he didn't have any ID or anything on him:
I can see them initially arresting him for trespass, but after the matter is sorted out, I would expect them to drop the charges. If they keep pushing for them, it doesn't make any sense (other than in a "you embarrassed us, and now you'll pay" sort of way).In a perfect world I think he would have been prevented from breaching the perimeter and they would have detected the failed attempt to breach the perimeter.
In a perfect world, there'd be no need for security services.
Or airports.
Um, I think he was complaining because he wants to highlight the failures of a system that is in direct competition with the members of his union. I would imagine that the automated system was put in place under the guise of "doing the police union members jobs for them."
This is supported by this paragraph:
Or people saw him and he looked like an airport worker because of the high visibility jacket ?