Issue - meetings

Members that attended any site visits to the Macclesfield CCTV control room were asked to present feedback to the Committee. The Committee discussed the feedback from each Member.

The following points were made:

·         Each Member that attended was impressed with the performance and effort of the CCTV room staff.

·         The evidence that the CCTV staff provided to the Police was sent within hours of incidents. This was effective in helping the Police to get convictions quickly and should be applauded.

·          The CCTV room equipment was impressive and the staff’s ownership or rotas and operations were considered an effective way of working.

·         Should Parish Councils wish to establish CCTV cameras in their areas the central control room in Macclesfield would possibly provide the service to monitor them.

·         A review to establish which cameras were in the most effective positions should be carried out. For those that weren’t the Committee would look into whether cameras could be moved to other locations. There was a mobile CCTV camera in use in Cheshire East. It was recommended that this should be used in hotspot areas.

·         Any relocation or placing of new cameras should be Police lead and evidence based to ensure effective placement. Also, collaboration between Safer and Stronger Communities and Environment Service should be carried out to ensure that any trees or other street furniture will not obstruct CCTV camera sightlines or grow to do so in future.

The Chairman thanked the Members for their feedback and concluded that a report will be produced to publicise the Committees findings.

RESOLVED:

(a)  That the Scrutiny Officer be requested to produce a report based on the feedback from Members and the discussions of the Committee and present it at the next meeting.