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From: "James M. Atkinson" <jm..._at_tscm.com>
Subject: Hidden Camera at Connecticut AMR Office Sparks Investigation
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OK, so they found a video camera... big deal, this kind is stuff is
used in most public safety locations.
Ah, but they found no microphone, and the camera was in a legitimate
location, so no foul.
How exactly did the "union" find said camera? Was it with the naked
eye? a special piece of equipment they just "happened to have", did
they use an outside sweep team?
If it is AMR's conference room, then they were within their rights to
have a video camera (but no microphone) in the room.
It is was "concealed by ceiling tiles" where did the person do who
discovered it do... actually get up on the ladder and start pulling
the ceiling down?
AMR admits to using the camera (no problem) in the past, but that it
had no microphone, etc.
-jma
http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Top-EMS-News/Hidden-Camera-at-Connecticut-AMR-Office-Sparks-Investigation/1$8465
Hidden Camera at Connecticut AMR Office Sparks Investigation
Posted: November 4th, 2008 04:40 PM EDT
JOSH KOVNER jko..._at_courant.com
Hartford Courant (Connecticut)
Contract talks between an ambulance company and its medics were
jolted last week when union negotiators said they found a small
surveillance camera hidden in a smoke detector in a conference room
at American Medical Response's regional office in West Hartford.
The discovery of the camera, which was plugged into an outlet that
was concealed by ceiling tiles, led the union - the National
Emergency Medical Services Association - to file a federal
unfair-labor-practice complaint. West Hartford police are also investigating.
A union news release described the incident as "a new low" for AMR, a
national company that provides ambulance service in Greater Hartford,
the New Haven area, and other Connecticut locations. The union
represents 250 emergency medical technicians and paramedics, and 50
transportation workers in AMR's Greater Hartford office.
AMR denies it was listening to or recording conversations in the
room, which union negotiators were using to talk with their lawyer
and plan strategy.
In a statement, the company maintained it "has the right to use
cameras to monitor our operations centers. ... Contrary to union
allegations, the company was not monitoring union negotiations or
private meetings ... and [has] never done so."
The statement said the company had used a cheap monitoring device in
response to some internal problems in the past.
"AMR has been concerned about some vandalism, theft and other
inappropriate conduct that had been occurring on the property. One of
our supervisors, with good intentions, used an inexpensive video
monitor to try to identify the culprits. The device was discovered by
the union earlier this week and immediately brought to our attention."
AMR apologized to its employees and said it is cooperating with the
West Hartford police investigation.
But the union and the company differ sharply over the capabilities of
the device. Lead union negotiator Jimmy Gambone, who found the camera
in the smoke detector, identified it as a wireless ClearCam indoor
camera with an audio receiver. The device is made by SecurityMan and
sells for $94.95, according to the distributor's website.
An internal AMR memo obtained by The Courant describes the device as
being "similar to a baby monitor" in that it had no recording capability.
"After a few attempts at its use, it was found that the device worked
poorly. It was turned off and forgotten about in the midst of
[federal disaster] deployments at the end of August," said the memo
from Sean Piendel, general manager of AMR's Greater Hartford
office.Three weeks ago, when contract talks were beginning, Gambone
checked the smoke detector in the conference room, directly above the
table. The circuitry was missing, which he said intrigued him, but
otherwise there was nothing suspicious. When he checked it again
Wednesday, after two days of caucuses in the room, he found the
camera. AMR officials were confronted; police were called; and a
complaint was filed with the National Labor Relations Board.
Contract talks, said Gambone, have been shifted to a hotel conference
room in Glastonbury.
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