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CCTV going mobile
BIG brother is going mobile in Calne as the town council plan to buy removable CCTV units to keep an eye on trouble hot spots.
Calne Town Council, who recently revamped the towns old CCTV system, plan to buy the mobile CCTV unit to reduce anti social behaviour in the town.
Deputy town clerk Daryl Saville Brown, who pioneered the new CCTV system in Calne, said the mobile unit would be a great reassurance to residents who live in trouble hot spots.
She said: "We aim to get these deployable cameras which can be moved around Calne when needed.
"These would benefit the town and could be put in areas of trouble which would be a great help to the police.
"Residents of Harris Court would benefit from this scheme at the moment but often trouble moves across Calne and this would be a cost effective scheme."
Mrs Saville Brown plans to apply for funding for the deployable camera, which could be placed in a window or lamppost.
Landlord of The Kings Arms Richard Snell said: "I think this is a fantastic idea for Calne.
"If you aren't doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about. This is not about watching people going about their daily business it is an effort to stop anti social behaviour in Calne."
CCTV cameras were first rolled out in Calne six years ago and there are now eight in the town centre.
But since police initiatives to combat anti social behaviour, such as a dispersal order in the town centre, teenagers have moved into other areas of Calne.
Trouble hot spots include Castlefields, Harris Court and the skate park.
Sgt Mark Rees, of Calne Police, said mobile CCTV would bring help police more prosecutions.
He said: "These cameras are an excellent idea. The fact that they are mobile means we can put them in places where we are experiencing higher levels of crime.
"If we had these cameras for the recent bin fires in Phelps Parade we would have been able to identify the offenders involved and managed the issue effectively."
The CCTV revamp will upgrade the monitoring system to flat screens and will link traders through a council launched radio scheme.
1:00pm Saturday 15th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: pachyderm on 1:16pm Sat 15 Mar 08
Being removable,I wonder how long it will be before it gets stolen!
Being removable,I wonder how long it will be before it gets stolen!
Posted by: spooks, calne on 3:03pm Sat 15 Mar 08
where is harris court in calne?
where is harris court in calne?
Posted by: pachyderm, lost on 8:14pm Sat 15 Mar 08
[quote][bold]spooks[/bold] wrote:
where is harris court in calne? [/quote] According to Royal Mail's online postcode finder, it's High St, SN11 0BS. Unit 1 = Bazaar, Unit 2 = Co-Op Pharmacy, Unit 3 = Peddlars.
spooks wrote:
where is harris court in calne?
According to Royal Mail's online postcode finder, it's High St, SN11 0BS. Unit 1 = Bazaar, Unit 2 = Co-Op Pharmacy, Unit 3 = Peddlars.
Posted by: spooks, calne on 8:22pm Sat 15 Mar 08
thank you
Posted by: Brian Heath, Calne on 4:13pm Tue 18 Mar 08
Further to previous answer, Harris Court refers to the flats above the shops in the new Library complex. The entrances are at the back, facing out on to the central parking area, and although I wouldn't care to venture down there at night to have a look for myself, it looks in daylight as if it could be the sort of area that would attract the druggies and other drop-outs that give our town a bad name. So a mobile CCTV camera there might well root out a bunch of rowdies up to no good!
Presumably poor old 'spooks' is so busy posting comments and looking after the calnetalk web site that he has no time to keep up to date on new developments in Calne! Harris Court has been there since the new library opened over six years ago!
Further to previous answer, Harris Court refers to the flats above the shops in the new Library complex. The entrances are at the back, facing out on to the central parking area, and although I wouldn't care to venture down there at night to have a look for myself, it looks in daylight as if it could be the sort of area that would attract the druggies and other drop-outs that give our town a bad name. So a mobile CCTV camera there might well root out a bunch of rowdies up to no good!
Presumably poor old 'spooks' is so busy posting comments and looking after the calnetalk web site that he has no time to keep up to date on new developments in Calne! Harris Court has been there since the new library opened over six years ago!
Posted by: spooks, calne on 4:35pm Tue 18 Mar 08
brian dear, spooks happens to be a she not a he.
and although i ambusy looking after www.calnetalk.com i still keep up to date with whats going on in calne ,more than you know lol.
so really its the back of beach terrace then.
brian dear, spooks happens to be a she not a he.
and although i ambusy looking after www.calnetalk.com i still keep up to date with whats going on in calne ,more than you know lol.
so really its the back of beach terrace then.
Posted by: walter, wilshur on 7:03am Thu 20 Mar 08
All the CCTV cameras in the world bain't no use if no-one reponds to scenes going on. The thing is to stop trouble when it starts, not use cctv to find the louts later.
All the CCTV cameras in the world bain't no use if no-one reponds to scenes going on. The thing is to stop trouble when it starts, not use cctv to find the louts later.
Posted by: rosco, Chippenham on 11:59am Thu 20 Mar 08
[quote][bold]walter[/bold] wrote:
All the CCTV cameras in the world bain't no use if no-one reponds to scenes going on. The thing is to stop trouble when it starts, not use cctv to find the louts later.[/quote] Not necessarily: they can look at recorded CCTV after the event to see who took part and then take action afterwards. That's what was done in the London bombings, for example.
walter wrote:
All the CCTV cameras in the world bain't no use if no-one reponds to scenes going on. The thing is to stop trouble when it starts, not use cctv to find the louts later.
Not necessarily: they can look at recorded CCTV after the event to see who took part and then take action afterwards. That's what was done in the London bombings, for example.
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