Landau Forte Academy in Tamworth has provoked debate for using on-site security cameras to capture evidence of its pupils smoking. The midlands school said its CCTV and smoking fixed penalty policy was available for parents to see on its website and it has declined to comment further about the subject.
Police involved in a quadruple murder hunt have issued CCTV footage of their prime suspect travelling to the scene of the killings on a bus. The images show businessman Anxiang Du on his way from Northampton town centre to Wootton on the day four members of the Ding family were killed at their home in the village.
Officers are continuing to examine CCTV footage to identify those involved in violence when peaceful protests in an area of Bristol turned ugly. Objects were hurled at police during the trouble occurring at a protest at a recently-opened Tesco Express in Stokes Croft.
A promoted soccer side’s day of triumph was marred by an alleged punch to an opposition player which officials vow to catch on CCTV and punish any crime. The incident happened after one of the goals in a match which Bury went on to win 3-2 and seal promotion to nPower League One.
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.