BURGLARY ALARM AND CCTV



Burglary alarm and CCTV

Burglary alarm and CCTV



1SUMMARY

The purpose of this report is to provide members of the Community Safety Link Panel with an update on the progress of a four- year programme for introducing a comprehensive City Wide CCTV system. It will include the rationalisation and improvement of existing systems including door entry to high-rise blocks and the expansion of street monitoring throughout the city all of which will be monitored at a “Super station” based at the Woodlands Complex in Radford.

2RECOMMENDATIONS

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT:

2.1The contents of the report is noted

2.2A report on the outcome of the five bids entering the second selection phase be submitted to a future meeting of this panel

3BACKGROUND

3.1CCTV was first introduced in the city during 1984 and has evolved mainly as a community lead initiative, funded through the rent structure, that has become an invaluable Housing management tool resulting in an increase in lettings and an reduction in communal damage.

3.2Although there have been a number of previous Home Office funding opportunities to assist with the development of a CCTV network within the city's boundaries, the timescale and limited amount of funding available has led to relatively small scale CCTV schemes being implemented focusing on a particular problem area. This situation has resulted in six stand-alone' CCTV monitoring stations that whilst offering surveillance for the areas they were originally intended for, lack the capacity for any future expansion.

3.3In November 2009, The Home Office as part of their Crime Reduction programme made available on a national basis the largest amount of capital funding to date (£150 million), for CCTV schemes and invited Local Crime Partnerships to bid on a 'first come first serve' basis. Therefore the opportunity now existed to consolidate and develop the CCTV network based on a citywide monitoring approach, which would control and manage all CCTV related images at one central site.

3.4Five home office bids were successfully negotiated through the first round of the two stage bidding process. The final decision will not be confirmed until the end of August 2009 but if successful it would mean that with existing CCTV a total of 150 street cameras would be monitored by the “Superstation”. The five bids are as follows:

I.Robin Hood Chase - 8 additional Cameras

II.Meadows Area - 20 additional Cameras

III.Broxtowe / Bells Lane - 12 additional Cameras

IV.Highbury Vale - 12 additional Cameras

V.Lenton Flats - 7 additional Cameras plus funding towards the construction of the Control room.

3.5In parallel with the development of the Home Office bids there also existed a need to upgrade the door entry / CCTV systems installed in High-rise blocks across the City, as they are coming to the end of their serviceable life. The quality of picture received is sub standard and the recorded imagery may not be able to be used in court as evidence. In view of the desire to expand the CCTV network to assist with reducing crime and anti-social behaviour; and the security improvements required ...