CCTV news roundup

Published on 23 Oct 2006

Some criminals have yet to grasp the concept of CCTV, as this report from the BBC demonstrates.

Anthony Gardner appeared at Plymouth magistrates court after he was filmed by the CCTV camera he was attempting to steal. He was described by the presiding magistrate as "a rubbish burglar".

Meanwhile police in Maryport are attempting to shame families into controlling their unruly offspring by showing them CCTV footage of their children’s loutish behaviour, reports the Times and Star.

Other crime control measures include using a device, known as a mosquito, which emits an annoying high-pitched sound only audible to young people.

Yorkshire police are singing the praises of an advanced CCTV system that records car number plates and compares them against a database of suspicious vehicles, reports Yorkshire Post Today.

The system has lead to thousands of arrests and was instrumental in capturing Stephanie Hammill's murderer. However some people are worried about the privacy issues raised by the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system and the Information Commissioner’s Office has cited it as the reason behind the delay to the new CCTV Code of Practice.