Flintshire spend £200k in MORE CCTV.

Flintshire council believes in keeping an eye on you

Flintshire CC spent more than £200k last year on 115 ( yes 115 )CCTV cameras. This equates to one per 1300 people. In addition there are “ stand alone “systems .
The cameras are partly funded by North Wales police.

The council are not able to measure how successful the use of CCTV has been !

For example they do not hold any information on how many crimes have been solved and how many prosecutions have taken place as a result of CCTV’s.

The PPP comments ……… Residents of Flintshire may appear on TV, but is a blurred image, of them being mugged, the 15 seconds of fame they really want!

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