CCTV for Peterhead Petition

Petition to install CCTV in Peterhead submitted to Aberdeenshire Council.

11:18 24 February 2019

A petition signed by more than 800 individuals supporting the call for the installation of CCTV in Peterhead has been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council. The document said CCTV was needed to make people safe again following a string of alleged breaks ins during November and December.

 

Gilbert Burnett, who owns Buchan Aquatics on Broad Street, said: “It is not a case of wanting CCTV in Peterhead, there is a need for it.

 

“The town has been finding it hard to get booming again and that is because folk don’t feel safe.

 

“In the 1950s and 1960s there wasn’t as much money in the town but it was booming.

 

“It is not like that now because it’s not safe now and we want to take steps to make it safe.

 

“We definitely need this.”

 

He added: “My concern is to stop this happening to other people.  I can’t stop this happening to me but I want to help others.”

 

Meanwhile, a spokesman for the council said: “We are always happy to listen to our communities and in this case to accept the petition from Peterhead’s town centre businesses, the contents of which we will consider.

 

“Officers are currently working on a report for local councillors looking at how CCTV could be provided in Peterhead given the current budget situation and it is hoped this will be discussed in the spring.”