Witham: CCTV proposed to boost town centre coverage

10:00am Tuesday 7th August 2012 in Braintree and Witham News

Witham: CCTV proposed to boost town centre coverage Witham: CCTV proposed to boost town centre coverage

An extra CCTV camera has been proposed outside a busy pub to provide better coverage of the town centre.

After a survey by police and councillors, a recommendation was made to install a new camera opposite the JD Wetherspoon pub in Newland Street.

But Witham Town Council wants to prioritise its spending on tackling the issue of public drinking before investing in more CCTV.

Full story in tomorrow's Witham and Braintree Times.

Comments (3)

10:59am Tue 7 Aug 12

The Yellow Peril says...

Go to the Battesford regularly - rarely seen any sign of trouble although admittedly I am not often there late at the weekends! The drink is cheap and so you are enticed into drinking more than you otherwise might I suppose!
Go to the Battesford regularly - rarely seen any sign of trouble although admittedly I am not often there late at the weekends! The drink is cheap and so you are enticed into drinking more than you otherwise might I suppose! The Yellow Peril

6:56pm Tue 7 Aug 12

WingDings says...

What a complete and utter waste of money. Witham Town Council is absolutely right to resist. Better to spend the money on the general townscape to encourage more shops to invest. CCTV spells "trouble" when none exists. Pleasing environment says "a place that cares". We might not have won the Portas money but that doesn't mean we can't read the report and follow the principles, most of them don't even cost much money.

Braintree got the money because Witham is deemed a "failing town" in shopping terms, i.e. not worth bothering with - and whose fault is that - Braintree District Council for siphoning everyything off for themselves and Witham Town Council selling out for a swimming pool. Enough already.
What a complete and utter waste of money. Witham Town Council is absolutely right to resist. Better to spend the money on the general townscape to encourage more shops to invest. CCTV spells "trouble" when none exists. Pleasing environment says "a place that cares". We might not have won the Portas money but that doesn't mean we can't read the report and follow the principles, most of them don't even cost much money. Braintree got the money because Witham is deemed a "failing town" in shopping terms, i.e. not worth bothering with - and whose fault is that - Braintree District Council for siphoning everyything off for themselves and Witham Town Council selling out for a swimming pool. Enough already. WingDings

12:14pm Wed 8 Aug 12

Omelette says...

It's all well and good installing a CCTV camera, but will it actually be switched on? Remember the story about Rag Tag & Bobtail's front window being smashed and the CCTV pointed right at it being useless as it wasn't even on.
It's all well and good installing a CCTV camera, but will it actually be switched on? Remember the story about Rag Tag & Bobtail's front window being smashed and the CCTV pointed right at it being useless as it wasn't even on. Omelette

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