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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.