Barnet Labour hails increase in CCTV

Barnet Council’s ruling administration says it has increased live streams from 127 to 950 since taking control in 2022

Barnet Labour is celebrating the increase in CCTV in the borough following a recent expansion in the use of ‘redeployable’ cameras.

Barnet Council now has 60 of the cameras which Barnet Labour says “can be moved quickly to record and disrupt crime and anti-social behaviour”.

The administration says that there are now 950 live streams being fed into the council’s control room compared to only 127 when Labour took over the council in 2022

Sara Conway, the council’s cabinet Member for community safety and cohesion, said: “When Labour took over the Council, Barnet Conservatives were coasting on the community safety agenda.

“Labour has pushed things forward – from introducing a Public Space Protection Order to tackle anti-social behaviour to bringing our summer parks patrols in-house so that they can issue on-the-spot fines.”

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