Issue - decisions

Matter for Decision

The report summarised the progress of the shared service between Huntingdonshire District Council and the City Council for CCTV, considered the operational and financial performance and the key plans for the year ahead.

 

Decision of the Leader

 

Resolved to note the report.

 

Reason for the Decision

As set out in the Officer’s report.

 

Any Alternative Options Considered and Rejected

Not applicable.

 

Scrutiny Considerations

 

The Committee received a report from the Head of Specialist Services.

 

The Committee made the following comments in response to the report:

     i.        The graph on p121 of the agenda pack showed the information the wrong way round. 

    ii.        It was also requested that in future reports, the graphs were broken down between Huntingdonshire and Cambridge City.

   iii.        Questioned whether the deployment decision as listed in the report was correct as it stated the decision was taken in consultation with the Leader. It was understood that these decisions were not meant to be political and officers made the decision based on specific criteria.

  iv.        CCTV cameras in East Chesterton had been deployed to great effect and had reduced levels of anti-social behaviour.

 

In response to Members’ questions the Leader said the following:

     i.        There had to be some active involvement from the Executive Councillor who was responsible for community safety in relation to CCTV cameras.  Previously it was not clear who was accountable.

    ii.        There had been no interference from the Leader in relation to the deployment of CCTV cameras and the Officers had followed the criteria for the deployment of CCTV cameras.

   iii.        The sites for CCTV cameras cannot always be made publicly available as this would affect the ability to be able to detect crime.

  iv.        A procedure to provide members with the new locations of CCTV cameras will be worked out.

   v.        It was planned to replace CCTV cameras so that they were more light-weight and flexible.

  vi.        Confirmed that suggestions where to site CCTV cameras usually came from the Police and Area Committees. 

 

The Committee unanimously resolved to endorse the recommendations.

 

The Leader approved the recommendation.

 

Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Leader (and any Dispensations Granted):

 

Not applicable.