........There’s a fine line between these two words. Koo Gaa Da Win
Manitou Housing Complex claim the surveillance cameras are for tenant security and protection
and I have to ask “from what?” Surveillance means monitoring the behavior of others usually for the purpose of influencing, managing, controlling or protecting, surveillance is therefore an ambiguous practice, sometimes creating positive effects, at other times negative. As long as I've been a tenant in this building I've never heard of a break and enter or a tenant being physically attacked or robbed. IMO Koo Gaa Da
Win Manitou staff use it to spy and to keep tabs on the tenants and their guests then write up petty
reports on any minor infraction, they actually have a person on the payroll
who watch the monitors which is a waste of time, this activity is not illegal but it is sleazy & creepy. Being one of the
first employees to work at ADT Security Systems automated station in Toronto I know a lot about building security and
CCTV. I’m at ease with cameras…what I’m
concerned about is how they are used.
This building has 24 units and with the staff that makes
about 30 individuals in the building during the day. That's not much traffic that
it requires two cameras on 3 floors, 1 at the main floor elevator and more around the building perimeter and an alarm
system for the office and community room. Mind you I'm aware the alarm system is
for insurance reasons and there is a fire annunciator panel at the entrance which
is probably linked to a monitoring station, like I said I know the business.
Urban Native Homes Inc. try to remember Koo Gaa Da Win Manitou
Housing Complex is a residence for older Natives, it is not a jail for criminals or a half-way
house for parolees. Mind you, the way things are around here lately it could pass for a Loony Bin.
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