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A councillor has objected to signs warning people they are being watched by the police. Portsmouth city councillor Luke Stubbs said the signs which have appeared in his locality are straight out of George Orwell’s 1984 novel. Police have put up eight of them in the area to deter criminals after a spate of criminal damage. One of the slogans reads Beware, We Are Watching You. Cllr Stubbs said: “It’s got out of hand – posters of this kind mark a new low. There’s a police station in Highland Road. Surely that deters law breaking.”
Great care should be taken when installing CCTV, which is why you can rely on us. Among the miscellaneous CCTV accessories we stock include signs which notify people in a clear, professional manner that surveillance cameras are operating – as there are various relegations that need to be adhered to when putting up CCTV. State-of-the-art bespoke CCTV systems are available for purchase from CCTV Surveillance, and we are experienced in the installation and maintenance of both large and small CCTV systems.
A pressure group is calling for the powers, designed to tackle terrorism, to be removed from councils to make secret snooping operations. For example, Hampshire’s 137 covert surveillance actions since 2008 number once per week and were revealed by pressure group Big Brother Watch. It is the eighth highest use of the spying powers by a council. County bosses say nearly all these measures were done by trading standards officers to catch rogue traders and illegal sales of alcohol and tobacco to children.
In their bid to tackle the fear of crime, officials in Southampton are taking advantage of the fact that overall crime in the city dropped 14 per cent last year; whereas night time violent crime in the city centre also suffered a huge drop, to 31 per cent. But Southampton City Council and Hampshire Constabulary are concerned that the fear of crime remains too high. Therefore they are telling people it is safer via posters displayed in bars and pubs in the city centre.
Closed circuit television images had shown the moment a man threatened a petrol station cashier in a robbery – just a few hours after being released from prison. David Fairbairn, of no fixed abode, was sent to prison for 30 months after admitting to holding up the service station in Devon. The court was told Fairbairn had served scores of short sentences and suffered from alcohol problems. The sentence he received is by far the longest he has been ordered to serve – but he had just completed his 72nd prison term.
Investigators are examining CCTV images from a massive jewellery raid in London. The snatch was from De Beers in the Royal Exchange shopping arcade in the City of London. The thieves struck at 10pm on Saturday when a red BMW pulled up outside the Grade I-listed Royal Exchange. They are believed to have removed the chain and padlock before attacking the glass doors and looting extensively. Police are examining CCTV images from the arcade and surrounding streets in a bid to identify the car.
An example of the power of CCTV is that it provided evidence that led to a man being found guilty of assaulting a drunken off-duty soldier. Members of the jury at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court saw CCTV footage of Peter Lightfoot pushing Lance Corporal Mark Aspinall’s head to the ground and hitting him with a police helmet. Aspinall, who included a tour of duty in Iraq, was himself initially charged and convicted on two counts of attacking police officers by Wigan magistrates who did not view the CCTV; but later won an appeal.
High density urban areas and cities have been revealed as dominating the 10 biggest hot spots in the country for burglaries occurring per 1000 people. As well as the nation’s capital, Nottingham, Bristol, Reading and Leeds figure in the list. Nevertheless if you live in Hartlepool, Durham, there is good news because this is the area that has seen the biggest reduction in burglaries since 2002. City dwellers like Londoners can give themselves the best chance of avoiding becoming a crime statistic with a CCTV Surveillance digital camera or recording system.
Britain’s most senior anti-terror officer John Yates has warned spending cuts would increase the risk of attack. The Times newspaper said Mr Yates described the cuts as "eye-watering". He claimed cutting 25% from the police budget (the planned amount of across-the-board cuts announced in last month’s Budget) risked weakening the nation’s defences against al-Qaeda, the newspaper reports. He was reported to have made the comments at a private meeting during the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) annual conference in Manchester.