Re-deployable CCTV
Broxbourne Council, in conjunction with the
Police, has purchased a new deployable overt CCTV system to tackle
crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB) in the Borough. It will be
deployed to target areas which are experiencing problems with
nuisance youths or enviro-crimes such as fly-tipping.
The Council will site the camera in Hoddesdon town centre at the
end of August, before deploying the cameras in other areas across
the Borough. The other identified locations with recurring problems
of ASB are as follows:
- Chaucer Court, Hoddesdon;
- Cadmore Lane shops, Cheshunt;
- Goffs Oak shops around the Co-op store;
- Pound Close, Hoddesdon;
- V&E Club, Goffs Lane; and
- Hammondstreet Road open space car park.
To support this initiative additional/upgrading of the street
lighting will also be taking place at a number of these locations
at a cost of £10k.
The camera, which costs £8k is lightweight and can be installed
on street lamp posts in various locations. It can be viewed and
controlled remotely by either Council officers or the Police, using
mobile phone technology.
Similar systems have been used by the London boroughs of Enfield
and Waltham Forest, as well as Epping Forest District Council and
all have indicated that it is an effective tool in addressing ASB
and enviro-crime.
This will be a further tool to help the Council and the Police
to improve public perceptions of safety in the Borough and also
tackle any perpetrators of anti-social behaviour. The Council
already has town centre CCTV systems in both Waltham Cross town
centre and the Cheshunt Old Pond area, as well as a small scale
system at Andrews Lane in Cheshunt and a range of covert CCTV
cameras to help gather intelligence/evidence of perpetrators.
The Police have also introduced a range of ANPR (Automatic Number
Plate Recognition) cameras in the Borough to help combat travelling
criminality.
Page last updated:
9/2/2010