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This is nonsense. Any qualified security professional knows that there are software solutions to this problem. Many CCTV systems incorporate features which allow you to target areas of surveillance, and to mask areas which should not be monitored. Further, it doesn't take much to set these features up on the system- perhaps a grand total of two hours.

When these features are employed, and the contract guards are scrupulously monitored for performance issues, this type of problem tends to disappear.

Concerned citizen  | Friday, June 22, 2007 |  08:03 AM

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Our "Snooping" as you call it, has so far broken up several drug buys, a car bombing, two shootings, Grand theft, and several other minor crimes. We monitor our "neighbors" for good reason, they present a threat to our facility when these actions take place. Oh and by the way, our local police love it. We hand them the bad guys on a silver platter, or at least on a DVD.

Syd Deane, CPP Regional Security Officer  | Thursday, June 21, 2007 |  09:06 PM

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It depends on the the security "snooping" in question. There are no "one size fits all" solutions to security, and to adopt such a mentality is inviting trouble. Of example, if there's a public or commercial site near the building that can be used to stage a attack against the government building in question then it would be in our best interest to monitor it for such a purpose. But monitoring for the sake of monitoring is what I would have a issue with.

Marine  | Thursday, June 21, 2007 |  05:33 PM

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Ahem, would you allow that a guard who is a civil servant (there are many in certain agencies) would also be capable of such snooping?

A loyal federal employee  | Thursday, June 21, 2007 |  03:43 PM

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