“This week, share a photo of a satisfying pairing from your own life….You can mix and match places, people, objects, and activities that represent your idea of a harmonious, pleasing combination.”
I wanted only one puppy from the litter, but my daughter fell in love with the runt and we ended up taking her as well. These two are inseparable and a very good pair. When she went to the vet for a couple of days to be spayed, he was desolate. When she returned, he was ecstatic! They often do things in tandem.Definitely a good match!
This seems to follow on from the launch of a pilot project last summer and I wondered if the promised protocol to regulate their use had been completed.
I am very disturbed to now see a press release this afternoon from the Independent Commission of Investigation (INDECOM) saying that the JCF has not yet shared with it – the independent oversight body – “the proposed procedures and protocols that will govern the use of the equipment, collection and storage of data, and subsequent viewing of the footage.”
The protocol regulating the police use of body cameras will to a great extent determine their usefulness as a tool to support both accountability and crime fighting. This has been clearly seen in other jurisdictions, probably best known in cases in the USA. Regulations regarding when cameras are turned on and off, how data is stored and protected, who has access to the footage and sanctions for failure to comply with the regulations are all extremely important. Also, a particular issue which has arisen in many instances in the USA is that of release of footage to the public. It is not tenable that body cameras are in use, but regulations have not yet been finalised and made public.
The importance of such a protocol has long been acknowledged. In January 2014, then Minister of National Security Peter Bunting “noted that a protocol will be established, making it mandatory for the officers to engage the cameras once they are going on an operation.” (JIS report, January 24, 2014) Similar assurances were given last year when the body camera launch took place. Perhaps Minister Montague or Acting Commissioner Grant could give a public update regarding the current status of this essential protocol.
“This week, share a photo that says “against the odds.” Maybe it’s a photo of an unlikely occurrence. Maybe it’s the photo itself that goes against the odds — a shot you never thought you’d get. Maybe it’s a photo of something you’re not sure you’ll be able to do.”
Sometimes you are there at just the right moment……and sometimes you are not.
“This week, hunt for shadows and incorporate them into your shot.”
It’s late afternoon and the sunlight filters through the palm leaves. There is a play of light and shadow on the metal grills, the concrete arches and the marble ledges. Shadows. Not suggesting sadness or gloom. Just leaves coming between sunlight and verandah surfaces. Delicate and beautiful.
“This week, show us what being alone means to you.”
Solitude is air and water and sunlight to me. That is hyperbole, yes, but I say it anyway. Without daily periods of solitude, I wilt. Alone with a book or with my camera, inside my home or somewhere outside. I relish the time I spend on my own.
And sometimes I see solitude reflected back at me. This American kestrel on a lamp post at sunset, for example.
These two are inseparable and a very good pair. When she went to the vet for a couple of days to be spayed, he was desolate. When she returned, he was ecstatic! 
They often do things in tandem.
Definitely a good match!
…and sometimes you are not.
Right Steps & Poui Trees 