Police officers want to trace a man shown in CCTV images who went into a newsagents and sold the shopkeeper a fake smart phone for £150. Police said that after the ‘sale’, the shop worker in the Surrey newsagents found he had been given a dummy phone in a box.
The Government has launched new consultation on a new Code of Practice for the use of CCTV and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems. Members of the public and operators of CCTV and ANPR systems can have their say on a range of proposals to make use of the technology “more proportionate and effective”.
Avon and Somerset Police confirmed it has been using both the force helicopter to search the area and CCTV in a bid to find a missing radio presenter. The last known whereabouts of Peter Rowell, who fronts the Afternoon Show of music and celebrity interviews aired in the west country, was captured on CCTV. He was recorded around town in Yate.
CCTV camera technology is being used to help catch fly-tippers. The cameras are due be installed in Swindon’s Railway Village since waste including ironing boards and bags of rubbish has to be cleared from the streets every week. The Railway Village is a unique residential estate located in the town centre.
Closed circuit TV images are being employed to help find a missing young woman. Sian O’Callaghan (22) was last seen leaving a nightclub alone in the early hours of Saturday to walk half a mile to the flat she shared with her boyfriend has not been seen since. Mobile phone records put her telephone in that area 32 minutes after leaving the nightclub.
A pilot scheme will launch its public-private response to business security on three sites in the Midlands. Nottinghamshire Police, one of the agencies taking part, said the administrative support provided by the local Chamber of Commerce would help the venture become more cost-effective at a time when police budgets were under pressure.
CCTV has been drafted in for the first time at one railway station to tackle anti-social behaviour in a crackdown on yobs after passengers complained of an “intimidating” environment. British Transport Police have launched a week-long crime crackdown on the rail network. Senior officers said Bolton Station would get special attention following passenger comments.
Passengers suffered severe disruption after rail cables were stolen the night before in the north. Network Rail said the thefts, which occurred near Manchester, meant normal service was not resumed until the middle of the following day. Anyone who can provide information about the thieves is being urged to contact police or Crimestoppers.
Surveillance cameras picked up a suspected criminal with no nerves or sense of guilt who exchanged a pile of bogus cash in a shop. Police want to name the man seen leaving a store who was caught on CCTV camera at the store in Crabtree in the South West. He wanted to exchange some £20 notes for £10 notes.
Pressure is being put on police resources in the wake of financial cutbacks from central government. The British Crime Survey last September showed that more than 50 per cent of people believe that the police and local agencies are dealing with local anti-social behaviour and crime issues.