The high cost of surveillance in Flintshire (UK)
The high cost of surveillance in Flintshire
Published Date: 19 August 2008
MORE than £200,000 has been spent monitoring the county's CCTV cameras in the last year.
A freedom of information (FOI) request made to Flintshire Council revealed there are 115 CCTV cameras placed across Flintshire, about one per 1,300 people in the county.
As well as these, there are further "stand alone" systems, about which the council holds no information.
A suite at County Hall in Mold is used to monitor the 115 cameras they do hold information about, excluding those on school premises.
The running costs of the suite were £205,836.93 between 2007 and 2008, which is partly-funded by town and community councils and North Wales Police.
The council was not able to measure how successful the use of CCTV cameras has been.
For example, they do not hold information on how many crimes have been solved or how many prosecutions have taken place as a result of the CCTV cameras they monitor.
The FOI request found powers were also being used to investigate anti-social behaviour, counterfeit goods, benefit fraud, illegal dumping of waste and breaches of court orders.
full article: http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/news/The-high-cost-of-surveillance.4401524.jp
As well as these, there are further "stand alone" systems, about which the council holds no information.
A suite at County Hall in Mold is used to monitor the 115 cameras they do hold information about, excluding those on school premises.
The running costs of the suite were £205,836.93 between 2007 and 2008, which is partly-funded by town and community councils and North Wales Police.
The council was not able to measure how successful the use of CCTV cameras has been.
For example, they do not hold information on how many crimes have been solved or how many prosecutions have taken place as a result of the CCTV cameras they monitor.
The FOI request found powers were also being used to investigate anti-social behaviour, counterfeit goods, benefit fraud, illegal dumping of waste and breaches of court orders.
full article: http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/news/The-high-cost-of-surveillance.4401524.jp
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