New Dudley CCTV Upgrade

Dudley Council upgrades CCTV network to fight crimes across the borough.

18:51 18 June 2021

Dudley Council has rollout a £1.7million scheme that would see the installation of new CCTV cameras and replacement of old ones throughout the borough. The project aims to install CCTV cameras in strategic locations to fight against crime. 

 

Old CCTV cameras, including those that are being used to monitor traffic, have already been replaced in a number of sites while new ones are planned for Wollescote, Wollaston, Netherton, Colley Gate, Upper Gornal and Halesowen. As part of the network overhaul, a new control room has also been set up designed to monitor and respond to incidents in a timely manner. 

 

Councillor Laura Taylor, Dudley Council's cabinet member for housing and community services, said: "The new cameras are already helping people to feel safer in town centres and across the borough and in the longer term will have a massive effect on the response to issues from our own officers as well as police.

 

"I am delighted we are trying to seize every opportunity to extend this scheme by adding more cameras where we can, all linked to that central control room."