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SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE – The U.S .Department of Homeland Security unveiled its newest high-tech tool today to fight terrorism and secure America’s northern border. The Operational Integration Center, referred to as OIC, allows security analysts to monitor a critical part of the Northern border 24/7 relying on cameras and radars along the St. Clair River separating Michigan from Canada. The $12 million OIC facility features a 30 foot video panel to watch various sections of the Northern border. Real time video feeds into the OIC’s situational awareness room from 11 towers equipped with high-tech cameras and radars built along 35 miles of the St. Clair River. The towers are the result of a $20 million investment in technology as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s Secure Border Initiative. U.S. Border Patrol’s Special Operations Supervisor, Gregory Lambert managed the 13-month surveillance tower project. He says the technology is already paying off. “Instead of having a camera and operator looking at a screen all day for eight hours, now we have a radar working with the cameras to tell that operator, ‘Hey. There’s something going on over here,” he says.
Well, thank God they shored that whole issue up. I was getting worried about all them Canadians running down here in the event of any maple syrup shortages. What a fricken relief.
Seriously, I'm just glad Homeland Security found a reasonable way to use their budget to shore up our borders. Yea, our much smaller, much more dangerous border is like a screen door flapping in the wind right now, drug smugglers, murderers, Tijuana Donkey shows, and Hotel cleaning ladies just hopping the fence hourly. But to focus on that would be to miss the main point here. With the Canadian border secure Homeland can now get down to the important business without constantly worrying about those pesky Cannucks in the back of their minds....oh, what's that? They blew the remaining budget on this $12 million security camera system? Oh, well ok. Guess we'll just tell the residents of Phoenix and other border towns to make sure they lock their doors at night and stay safe until next year. They'll get to you guys eventually, don't worry.
