CRIME-BUSTING CCTV cameras are set to provide clearer pictures of crooks in action across Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale.
More than £220,000 has been invested by the three borough councils in Pennine policing to support the move to digital CCTV.
Spy devices cover all of the main town and village centres from Burnley to Nelson, Colne, Barnoldswick, Earby, Rawtenstall, Bacup and Haslingden.
Police chiefs say the upgrade from analogue to digital cameras will prove a useful crimefighting tool.
Chief Insp John Bullas said: “The new digital systems will provide higher quality images to help us identify criminals and make the people of Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale safer.
“CCTV cameras are an extremely valuable tool for the police.
"Not only do they act as a deterrent to criminals, but they can help to detect crime and direct the police to the scene.
"They are also very useful in gathering evidence against offenders after a crime has been committed.”
The control room for the cameras is in Burnley, with the exception of two small systems, in West Craven and at Nelson and Colne College, which are set to move to the Parker Lane station.
The new system will provide ‘real-time’ images of ongoing incidents for operators.
Peter Stobbs, Burnley council engineering manager, said: “In real terms it means we get better quality pictures and more of them, and we will also be able to take advantage of the new camera technologies in development.
"The new system has already paid dividends. We’ve seen incidents where crucial details, which would have been missed on the old system, have been captured.”
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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