Rotherham’s CCTV system to be upgraded

A report to RMBC’s improving places select commission states that the the hard and software for the borough’s CCTV system will be “replaced with up-to-date and leading technology.”

The upgrade will mean officers will be able to access CCTV remotely, which will improve the Council’s capacity to respond and manage major incidents.

“There are a number of areas where the council makes use of CCTV which includes fixed systems in individual council buildings, a fixed ‘mainframe’ system, which feeds into a police monitored control room in Doncaster, re-deployable ASB cameras and re-deployable cameras used to tackle fly-tipping,” adds the report.

“The council has allocated further capital funding for the 2022/23 financial year of £250k in order to further enhance the capacity of the system, by adding more CCTV cameras to the fixed system and improving transmission lines to allow for digital images.

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The council currently had 98 fixed camera units within the mainframe system; a further 372 CCTV units on secondary systems on Council buildings; and a further 97 re-deployable units to support enforcement functions.”

A further 60 new cameras were set up in Rotherham following a Home Office safer streets grant and funding from the Safer Rotherham Partnership during the last financial year.

These included 26 re-deployable camera in Wath and Swinton, 15 cameras for Clifton Park, and a five camera head system in Masborough.

The report will be discussed during the next improving places select commission on April 12.