Bridgetown.
Stakeholders in the vital tourism sector are raising $1.6 million to purchase 26 cameras in an effort to reduce crime on the island.
The project which is led by the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTH) was announced by Executive Vice President of the organization Sue Springer, at its quarterly meeting at the Accra Beach Hotel yesterday.
Springer told the meeting the cameras will be placed on the stretch from Batts Rock, St. Michael to Speightstown, St. Peter, the main western tourist belt and would be comprise primarily of CCTVs, similar to what had been put into effect along the South Coast and into the City to help police those areas through use of electronic surveillance.
“We are working with the private sector and the TDC to see if we can raise the money; we need $1.6 million to put up 26 CCTV cameras from Batts Rock into Speightstown. So if you know anyone who would like to be a good citizen or visitor, tell them how helpful they have been on the South Coast", Springer said.
“Definitely the cameras came into play with the situation that happened with the cruise ship. Just so you know those were the ones that were put in by BTII, but the cameras did come into play,” she told BHTA members and stakeholders", she added.
The initiative was one, said the executive VP, that they intend to use along with the ongoing security training for tourism employees with former police inspector, Jeffrey Howell, looking at areas of the laws of Barbados among other areas.
