Canada - Anglophone East School District sweeps Riverview schools for recording devices.
Sweep done after a volunteer basketball coach was charged with 30 child pornography and voyeurism charges.
Anglophone East Superintendent Gregg Ingeroll sent an e-mail to parents... He says the sweep was done by maintenance and IT staff in all Riverview schools, searching for any electronic or recording devices, as well as any areas where recording devices could potentially be hidden.
"This sweep of all areas resulted in no recording devices being found," Ingersoll wrote.
No surprise there. This amateur hour bug sweep was an exercise in negligence, or a whitewash.
- There is evidence of a crime.
- There is a suspect.
- An independent Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) specialist is not called in to investigate.
- A decision is made to use in-house janitors and the IT guy. Persons with no TSCM training or the required detection instrumentation. And, most importantly, no independent objectivity, and possibly a personal relationship with the suspect.
