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Cabinet set to approve CCTV cameras for Temple Fortune
1:06pm Monday 6th July 2009
CCTV cameras look set to be installed in Temple Fortune this year after a spate of crimes prompted more than 1,000 residents to sign a petition calling for them.
Plans to install the cameras in Finchley Road are expected to be approved at a meeting of Barnet Council's cabinet tonight.
In the last six months of last year there were 100 crimes reported in Temple Fortune and a report to the cabinet acknowledges “a significant public concern regarding street crime in Temple Fortune and the associated lack of public space CCTV”.
In November last year a mother-of-three from Woodside Park was the victim of a violent car jacking in Finchley Road.
The 50-year-old was left with a deep cut across her head and bruising on her face and body.
In March a petition with more than 1,000 signatures was presented to the Finchley and Golders Green Residents Forum requesting the installation of CCTV in Temple Fortune.
The cameras, which will be placed near shops in Temple Fortune, will cost the authority £150,000.
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Doktor Jon, London says...
1:01pm Tue 7 Jul 09
Given the geography of the area and the obvious level of public support for improved security, it is easily possible to fulfil the "operational objectives" with a much more modest level of expenditure.
Given that we live in cash strapped times, is it really justifiable to spend more than perhaps £ 75 - £ 100k of ratepayers money, than is actually necessary to achieve the desired objectives .... ?
Unfortunately a classic case of throwing money at a problem, without taking the trouble to at least examine in detail, the most efficient way of addressing the issues.