CCTV surveillance footage plays role in football trespass case
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CCTV footage will have a role to play in the case of a football supporter accused of trespassing after he entered England’s dressing room at the World Cup. Pavlos Joseph appeared at a special World Cup court in Cape Town. His solicitor, Craig Webster, requested the adjournment because the defence team was still awaiting CCTV footage from the stadium on the night of England’s 0-0 draw against Algeria.
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A police campaign to tackle four key areas of anti-social behaviour has resulted in a drop-off in crime by up to 20%. Operation LASER began in June 2009 in Scotland to enhance front line resources to combat vandalism, public space disorder, the proxy sale of alcohol to those underage and low level drug misuse. Officers who work in non-operational roles are now each committed to providing resource support six weekends per year.
CCTV could help tackle break-in hotspots in towns or cities. A case in point is Edinburgh, with housebreakings increasing to a total of 1,625 from 1,423 in the past year. Meanwhile, bike thefts rose by 18 per cent as thieves made off with 1,705 cycles during the 12 month period. Lib Dem councillor Louise Lang, who represents Leith Walk, welcomed the area’s 20 per cent drop in crime, though it maintains the unwanted position as the city’s break-in hotspot.
Putting up CCTV surveillance is one of the conditions imposed upon councillors approving a new unmanned railway station in Leeds. The proposed station borders the cleared Kirkstall Forge development site, which has outline permission to build offices, 1,000 homes, leisure, retail units and bar/restaurants. An agreement includes a £4 million payment to help deliver the station. Others say the station has inadequate access from Kirkstall and Bramley.
Plastic bags will be put over Birmingham’s so-called ‘terror cameras’. After objections from local people, scores of surveillance cameras in parts of the Second City with large Muslim populations will be covered up. Safer Birmingham Partnerships (SBP, a partnership of the police, the city council and other agencies) said 218 cameras had been installed. The cameras were financed through a counter-terrorism fund, but the SBP said they would tackle all crime.
Police in Hampshire bizarrely were called in to guard an unlocked high street bank during a weekend. Officers were called to the HSBC branch in Tadley, between Newbury and Basingstoke, on a Saturday after a member of the public arrived to find the door open, but no staff inside. Police guarded the bank until the keyholder arrived. They said everything inside the branch appeared to be in order and nothing had been taken.
CCTV technology has helped to ward off a daring night raid and has already led to an arrest. Police from the Cheshire area were alerted by CCTV operators and caught up with a gang (who raided a haulage firm) who had met up in a car park near Ellesmere Port, on Merseyside, just before 1.30 in the morning. One man was later arrested by officers.