Senators seek cameras at recruiting stations

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Army Times

A Senate committee has suggested the drastic step of putting video surveillance cameras at military recruiting stations to prevent misconduct.

The idea, proposed by the Senate Armed Services Committee in a report on the 2008 defense authorization bill, isn’t a serious attempt to catch recruiters doing something wrong, since the presence of cameras wouldn’t be secret. Instead, the idea is to provide peace of mind to potential recruits and their friends and families that nothing improper could occur without it being recorded.

There have been a number of reports of wrongdoing by recruiters in recent years as recruiting has become more difficult in the current wartime environment. In some instances, recruiters have encouraged people to lie or omit information when filling out applications to hide disqualifying information, such as the use of illegal drugs. In other instances, some recruiters have been accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault of prospective recruits.

The problems, which the Defense Department says are isolated cases, have helped fuel wariness among prospective recruits at a time when the services need every advantage they can get to make recruiting goals.



Read more: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/06/military_recruiters_cameras_070612w/

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Good idea!

[Demeter]

1. Like 7-11 or Gas Stations? Or LAPD Cruisers?

Does anybody else feel a bit queasy about this?

[juno jones]

2. Umm, thread or dozen back about the mom whose

kid was being threatened although he hadn't signed the final papers... no papers, no proof, right, BUT with a vid, certain verbal agreements might have some weight in a very crooked court system.

Just a thought.

[Demeter]

3. It's the criminality, not the necessity to stop it, that disturbs me.

[Joe Chi Minh]

4. I doubt very much f there would be any precedent for that, and the PR

would be catastrophic. More so than now.

[LiberalFighter]

5. Who would control the operation of the camera?