Increased CCTV Planned For Sailing Academy
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council has drafted a plan to increase CCTV coverage watching the Sailing centre and its surrounding area. Although still in draft form working its way around various committees environment director Richard Burgess says “There is CCTV at the sailing academy at the moment but we’d like to link it up with our control centre and perhaps add to it.”
Regular disturbances in Fortuneswell and Easton have earmarked it as an area of concern and likely to face increased CCTV coverage.
He also stated: “What we’d really like is a situation where one person can monitor the hotspots and co-ordinate any response to problems.”
Borough Major Howard Legg added “Even after the Olympics any increase in CCTV would prove invaluable to Weymouth and Portland in the long-term.
“Just like the relief road, it’s needed for the Olympics and will be needed afterwards.”
John Tweed, of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, said: “We have CCTV here at the moment but a link to council’s control room would be very beneficial.
“During the Olympics the site will be very secure. Only those with Olympic accreditation will be allowed in. It will not only be useful for fighting crime but also to monitor traffic”
So there you have it, apparently we don’t have enough CCTV cameras being the most watched society in the world.
Posted: October 25th, 2006 under Planning, Portland, Sailing Academy.
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