Security Near Paranoia, Surveillance & Having Fun, etc !!! Re: [MilCom] Milcom "On Scene"/ "Near Scene" Lodging Listings?

[Ken]

Duane & the group!

Military bases & civilian airports have extended their surveillance reach 
with "security force mulitpliers" called surveillance cameras resulting in 
very significantly improving perimeter security to identify any ground based 
threats.  The newly installed cameras as well as "other" sensors are very 
sophisticated technical marvels, that allow covert/long range surveillance 
of anyone who approaches a security zone in any type of weather condition, 
generally a security perimeter fence line (but sensors may be placed 
elsewhere).  My assumption is that the vast majority of "on scene" milcom 
radio monitoring hobbyists are well known to military/civilian federal 
investigative agencies (e.g. AFOSI, NCIS, CID, FBI, etc.) as well as local 
military base/civilian airport security officials.  Personally I'd like to 
see some sort of authorization procedure/official parking area set up for 
hobbyists to enjoy this "on scene" aspect of the hobby.  I would even be 
willing to pay an annual/monthly  investigation/access fee for this type of 
"on scene" no hassle parking access to enjoy this aspect of the hobby!

I think the problem is that when you get someone next to the 
perimeter/security fence line than of course the security camera & security 
surveillance center/dispatcher (aka "Central Security Control") is going to 
have to concentrate on that potential/perceived threat.  This can be 
somewhat tiring to them so the policy has been to remove anyone next to a 
security perimeter fence line so that security can concentrate on "other" 
matters.

As far as USAF's  "Eagle Eyes" program (and other similar military & 
civilian programs), goes I suspect that the majority of the reports filed 
are good intentioned BUT probably cause a lot of wasted investigative effort 
& inputing of a lot of information into data bases, etc.

We as milcom hobbyists should concentrate on having fun in the hobby -- let 
trained security people worry about security!  If there's "on scene" hassle 
free parking areas, then we should maximize our use of those areas. 
Hobbyists need to be less paranoid about the entire 'on scene' aspect of the 
hobby & with the new year concentrate on having "fun" & adding some 
"excitement" to their milcom hobby monitoring!    "On Scene" is awesome!!!

Ken
Springfield MA Monitoring Area


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Mantick" <wb9omc at nlci.com>
To: "'MilCom'" <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 1:51 PM
Subject: RE: [MilCom] Milcom "On Scene"/ "Near Scene" Lodging Listings?


>
> There is one aspect of it that does concern me - since we have
> already heard of "Eagle Eyes" or whatever they are calling it
> this week and then considering that there may be similar
> programs that we have NOT heard of, I wonder how quickly it will
> take the base/facility security people to find this out.
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