CCTV surveillance system installed in a Cambridge park to spot drug-taking and troublemakers

CCTV cameras have been deployed in a Cambridge park as a means to identify drug takers and troublemakers among the attendees to this year’s Strawberry Fair, a news report in the local media has found.

The video surveillance cameras will be in operation for the first time after the fair was marred in previous years by drug taking and drunken behaviour.

Police are set to swing into action to head off any possible trouble. Officers say they do not want the fair “spoiled by alcohol or drug misuse and criminal or anti-social behaviour“, and want to ensure it is “a fun, family-friendly event”.

Perimeter fencing, which has been used in the past, is set to be erected, and there will be a curb on the amount of alcohol fairgoers can take onto Midsummer Common.

Insp Matt Johnson of Cambridge-shire commented: “We want to minimise disruption for residents and there will be practical measures in place to prevent the fair being spoiled by alcohol or drug misuse and criminal or anti-social behaviour.”

Community police officers will be patrolling the fair site and neighbouring areas and CCTV will be operating during the fair.”

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