Harborough District Council Push for CCTVs

Harborough District Council to push through CCTV cameras at the Symington’s Recreation Ground and in St Mary’s Road in Market Harborough.

19:55 10 March 2019

Harborough District Council is set to install more CCTV cameras at the Symington’s Recreation Ground and in St Mary’s Road in Market Harborough to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour. The council is also consulting with the police and other partners to decide whether CCTV cameras are needed in other locations and offers to monitor new CCTV camera systems that town or parish councils may decide to install independently. The council’s CCTV control room has links to the police and provides radio coverage through Harborough Against Retail Theft (HART) and Pubwatch, which cameras monitored 24 hours a day.

 

Cllr Michael Rickman, Harborough District Council’s portfolio holder for community safety said: “We are working closely with the Harborough District Community Safety Partnership and the police to provide extra CCTV in the places that our residents have told us they would like to see it and in the places where there is evidence it could be of benefit.”

 

"The last upgrade of CCTV in 2016 resulted in significant annual savings through reduced maintenance costs which will help us provide more opportunities for increased coverage going forward.”