New CCTV system captures 800 incidents a month

The upgraded system went live in March this year

A CCTV system has spotted more than 6,000 incidents since it was installed in March.

South Kesteven District Council spent £620,000 upgrading its network of cameras and moving the control room to Grantham police station.

The council said it was recording more than 800 incidents a month, including anti-social behaviour and public order offences.

They were not all necessarily crimes, but activity that had been picked up by the CCTV system, the council told the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

"Relocating our CCTV control room to Grantham Police Station means the system is more streamlined, resulting in a reduced timeline for the police to review CCTV footage, use of more modern facilities installed in the new centre and a stronger working relationship with our police colleagues," a council spokesperson said.

"We provide information and intelligence on potential crimes rather than a mechanism to prevent crime, although the service could be seen as a deterrent.

"We continue to monitor 24/7 as before and our work supports everything from detecting shoplifting suspects to providing information to insurance companies when we have captured footage of road accidents."

The upgrade was paid for with a £500,000 grant from the government's UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the rest coming from the council's budget.

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