Multi site CCTV viewing facility makes the management of sites more efficient
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Detective Chief Inspector Jon Green, crime manager for Hartlepool Police, is celebrating the fact that a clampdown has resulted in crime plummeting in the town. Two hundred fewer crimes were registered than in the same month last year. Police have targeted issues like crime associated with the night-time economy. He said: "Crime within Hartlepool has far and wide reaching effects, not only on victims but also on the town’s economy and it is imperative we do everything we can to make the area a safer, more attractive place to live and work.”
A CCTV network from CCTV Surveillance Ltd will aid the detection of crime in and around your office or site. Our software provides versatility in that images from multiple cameras can be viewed from one screen. Its site tree facility allows servers and individual cameras to be accessed quickly, and the inclusion of the multi-site viewing facility makes the management of sites more efficient and responses to events even quicker. Password and security features limit the viewing of certain cameras to specific groups of people.
A study by Dr Emmeline Taylor on the use of CCTV in schools in England and Wales found many schools were failing under the Data Protection Act (DPA) to inform pupils and visitors that they were being monitored. Dr Taylor, as part of her PHD, surveyed 24 secondary schools, of which 23 had CCTV in operation. Gordon Ferrie, chief executive of CameraWatch, the UK’s independent advisory body on DPA compliance for CCTV, said: “It is no excuse to pass the buck to others when the law is clear.” 
CCTV cameras could have to be installed in all new taxis licensed in Brighton and Hove to stop drivers snubbing the disabled. At present the arrangement is optional, but the compulsory move has not been backed by taxi drivers even though a multi-organisation report suggested CCTV would give drivers greater protection and more evidence when they are involved in incidents. Cab drivers say the measures will deprive them of their privacy as the cameras will not be switched off even if they are using the vehicle in their own time.
Lead (currently a very highly sought after heavy metal by criminal gangs) has been stolen from a Dorset sub-station owned by energy giants Scottish and Southern Electrical. The act most probably occurred during the night – or long evenings now we are in winter – from the building. Anyone with information about the theft is urged to contact Dorset Police on 01305 222222.
Police are chasing the perpetrators of a break-in when a clown’s cycle plus 1,000 balloons for making balloon animals were stolen. The popular Welsh entertainer ‘Uncle Sam’ said he believed the £500 unicycle was stolen for its scrap metal value as the thieves also took copper wiring as well as the balloons. He commented: "I’m just hoping with a public appeal it will jog someone’s memory. I use it for carnivals and fetes more in the summer.”
A police exercise to cut the incidence of stolen scrap had an immediate effect. After a high number of vans were initially stopped and searched first thing, fewer were spotted as the morning progressed. A spokesman added that this was fairly common as “tatters” or scrap dealers would warn one another about operations. “It may be that scrap yards are also calling their clients telling them not to do business today and they don’t want to get into trouble either,” the spokesman said.
Police said a young woman was left "extremely upset" by a recent attack near Cardiff city centre in the early hours of the morning. Officers have circulated CCTV images of a man they would like to interview. They said they are keen to identify the individual on CCTV and publicly stated they want him, or anyone who recognises him, to contact South Wales Police. Officers have advised people when returning home from a night out not to do so alone.
Police are using CCTV as a fresh approach to solving an attack on a woman which occurred back in the spring. Detectives investigating the serious incident in Edinburgh in May have released CCTV images of a man they believe could help the inquiry. Anyone who recognises the man has been asked to contact police. He is described as black, 5ft 6in to 5ft 8in tall, slim build, and wearing slim rectangular Armani-style glasses. He was wearing a purple shirt with a white t-shirt underneath, blue jeans and purple shoes.
The coalition government has again clashed with police representatives over the public services cuts, due to be announced in the comprehensive spending review on October 20. Firstly it was Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude accusing senior officers of “shroud-waving” after concerns about the counter-terrorism budget three months ago. Now Liberal Democrat Danny Alexander has strongly criticised an intervention by a police body that stated thousands of officer jobs would be lost if they made the departmental budget trimmings which were forecast.