Setback for East Lindsey CCTV

East Lindsey’s seven town CCTV partnership experiences major setbacks.

17:38 29 January 2018

East Lindsey’s seven towns have been waiting over 18 months for a new digital system to be rolled out. The new system, which will benefit Horncastle Alford, Louth, Mablethorpe/Sutton on Sea, Chapel St Leonards, Ingoldmells and Skegness, involves replacing outdated equipment with state-of-the-art cameras.

 

However, the programme has suffered a number of setbacks, including cameras that were not working properly at night, the need to move cameras in Horncastle town centre and delay in BT carrying out work to upgrade WiFi connections.

 

In a statement, ELDC said: “Horncastle Town Council have previously raised some of these concerns at a meeting with other town and parish councils. ELDC were not in attendance. “

 

“Following that meeting, our Public Protection Service Manager, Jon Challen, addressed those concerns in a letter and a further email. He explained that we would need to use infrared cameras in areas impacted by a lack of light, we are not aware of any issues with these cameras.

 

“With regard to the perceived lack of staff provision at the control centre, this is not the case and the town and parish councils were invited to share more details as to why they have these concerns.

 

“In the meantime, an invitation was made for colleagues from the Boston Control Centre to attend a future meeting, to address these concerns in person.”