Date: 31/07/2008
Efforts to deter and detect crime and anti-social behaviour have been given a huge boost - thanks to an £84,000 upgrade for CCTV cameras in town centres - as the Borough Council launches a new campaign to create a Safer High Peak.
A state-of-the-art digital recording system has been installed, and 31 cameras replaced, enabling the Council and Derbyshire Police to keep an even more effective round-the-clock watch on Buxton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Glossop, Hadfield, New Mills and Whaley Bridge.
Clearer images, better zoom facilities and sound, and quicker, easier access to data tracking time, date and location that can be downloaded to DVD have streamlined and improved the system, which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The Borough Council, in partnership with Derbyshire Police and High Peak Community Housing, successfully applied for a Home Office grant to upgrade existing facilities.
"We were delighted to secure the funding, which has enabled us to invest in an up-to-the-minute system in town centres across the Borough - at the same time as we launch our Safer High Peak campaign," said Andrew Bingham, Executive Councillor for Social and Community Development.
"It enables us, together with Derbyshire Police and High Peak Community Safety Partnership, to provide an even better service in our on-going efforts to make High Peak an even better place to live, work and visit."
Chief Superintendent Roger Flint said: "Community safety is a key issue in the high Peak, and CCTV has already proved its worth in deterring and detecting anti-social behaviour and other crime. CCTV is an important part of our toolkit in dealing with these issues."