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Bloomberg
3 hours ago
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- Bloomberg
Bloomberg Surveillance TV: August 19th, 2025
- Sarah Hunt, Chief Market Strategist at Alpine Saxon Woods - Retired Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, Geopolitical Intelligence Group Member at Academy Securities - Kit Juckes, Chief FX Strategist at Societe Generale - Priya Misra, Portfolio Manager at JPMorgan Investment Management Sarah Hunt, Chief Market Strategist at Alpine Saxon Woods, joins to discuss her outlook for US equities and the S&P. Retired Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, Geopolitical Intelligence Group Member at Academy Securities, breaks down the latest talks between President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and European leaders as a Putin-Zelenskiy summit could take place. Kit Juckes, Chief FX Strategist at Societe Generale, offers his outlook for the dollar and markets. Priya Misra, Portfolio Manager at JPMorgan Investment Management, talks about signals from the bond market.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Yahoo
Cape Breton regional police adding cameras for officers, cars and downtown streets
Police officers, patrol cars and even some streets in the former towns of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality are expected to be outfitted with video recording equipment sometime this fall. Bodycams, dashcams and surveillance equipment will make citizens and officers safer and provide better evidence in court cases, Chief Robert Walsh said Tuesday after a meeting of the municipality's board of police commissioners. The street cameras will likely deter some crimes and help police solve others that may have happened or are in progress, he said. "If there was a critical incident such as an armed robbery or an active shooter, our communications centre could access that video livestream in real time, get the information, the images, and provide that detail to our officers in real time, so we have a better situational awareness and a better response for police," Walsh said. The public may have some concerns about privacy, but police will have policies that should alleviate those worries, he said. "The cameras in downtown cores and at key intersections would only be used for an investigative purpose and we want to reassure the public that they are not monitored continuously," the chief said. Bodycams and dashcams will make police operations more transparent, Walsh said. However, he said policies are still being developed on when those cameras can be activated or deactivated by officers. He said guidance on that may be coming from the province. The force is getting quotes for all the cameras this summer. Depending on cost, it plans to buy up to nine dashcams for patrol cars, more than 120 bodycams for officers and up to 50 street surveillance systems. Street cameras will not only go in downtown Sydney, they'll also go up in the former towns of North Sydney, Sydney Mines, Glace Bay, New Waterford, Dominion and Louisbourg. The police budget this year includes about $700,000 for equipment, much of which will be for cameras and software. Walsh has said in a previous interview that the cost of the software includes unlimited cloud-based data storage that will be able to handle video files. CBRM Coun. Glenn Paruch, who chairs the police commission, said the cameras are a good idea. "It's change, but I think change is needed here in the city," he said. Privacy concerns There will always be some people with concerns about their privacy on public streets, but some downtown businesses already have their own cameras trained on their stores. That doesn't seem to deter shoppers, Paruch said. The difference is that police surveillance cameras will only be viewed when a crime has been committed or is in progress, he said. "If there was no incident, they can't just go use that without having proper cause." Walsh said Cape Breton police will use Charlottetown as a model for its camera system. Police there have labelled all street cameras with the city's E-Watch brand to notify the public about the presence of video surveillance. MORE TOP STORIES
CBC
19-06-2025
- CBC
Cape Breton regional police adding cameras for officers, cars and downtown streets
Police officers, patrol cars and even some streets in the former towns of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality are expected to be outfitted with video recording equipment sometime this fall. Bodycams, dashcams and surveillance equipment will make citizens and officers safer and provide better evidence in court cases, Chief Robert Walsh said Tuesday after a meeting of the municipality's board of police commissioners. The street cameras will likely deter some crimes and help police solve others that may have happened or are in progress, he said. "If there was a critical incident such as an armed robbery or an active shooter, our communications centre could access that video livestream in real time, get the information, the images, and provide that detail to our officers in real time, so we have a better situational awareness and a better response for police," Walsh said. The public may have some concerns about privacy, but police will have policies that should alleviate those worries, he said. "The cameras in downtown cores and at key intersections would only be used for an investigative purpose and we want to reassure the public that they are not monitored continuously," the chief said. Bodycams and dashcams will make police operations more transparent, Walsh said. However, he said policies are still being developed on when those cameras can be activated or deactivated by officers. He said guidance on that may be coming from the province. The force is getting quotes for all the cameras this summer. Depending on cost, it plans to buy up to nine dashcams for patrol cars, more than 120 bodycams for officers and up to 50 street surveillance systems. Street cameras will not only go in downtown Sydney, they'll also go up in the former towns of North Sydney, Sydney Mines, Glace Bay, New Waterford, Dominion and Louisbourg. The police budget this year includes about $700,000 for equipment, much of which will be for cameras and software. Walsh has said in a previous interview that the cost of the software includes unlimited cloud-based data storage that will be able to handle video files. CBRM Coun. Glenn Paruch, who chairs the police commission, said the cameras are a good idea. "It's change, but I think change is needed here in the city," he said. Privacy concerns There will always be some people with concerns about their privacy on public streets, but some downtown businesses already have their own cameras trained on their stores. That doesn't seem to deter shoppers, Paruch said. The difference is that police surveillance cameras will only be viewed when a crime has been committed or is in progress, he said. "If there was no incident, they can't just go use that without having proper cause." Walsh said Cape Breton police will use Charlottetown as a model for its camera system. Police there have labelled all street cameras with the city's E-Watch brand to notify the public about the presence of video surveillance.
CTV News
18-06-2025
- CTV News
Cape Breton police to roll out body cameras this fall
The Cape Breton Regional Police is planning to launch body cameras for officers and downtown security cameras this fall. Police Chief Robert Walsh gave an update on the implementation of the camera system at the Board of Police Commissioners meeting on Wednesday. Regional council approved of the project in their $321.2-million capital budget earlier this year. 'As part of CBRM's commitment to public safety, accountability, and transparency in policing, the implementation of various camera systems has been prioritized,' the agenda for meeting reads. The project includes body-worn cameras for frontline officers, in-car cameras for patrol vehicles and stationary cameras in downtown areas. The agenda says the final drafts of the privacy impact assessments for all three systems are under a final internal review. The assessments include usage restrictions, mitigation methods and storage protocols. Contracts for the systems are expected to be handed out by July and the systems are set to be installed by late summer or early fall. An implementation report will be made available by September. More to come… Robert Walsh Cape Breton Regional Police Chief Robert Walsh, right, discusses body cameras at a meeting. (Source: Ryan MacDonald/CTV News Atlantic) For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
