Communication for Chearsley Parishioners
In a bid to improve security and surveillance opportunities the Parish Council are currently looking at a very advanced CCTV project for the village with
the UK security group based in Aylesbury.
The recommendation is to place the CCTV pole just
close to the Bus shelter and behind the Post box in order to be able to have
good lines of sight towards the Horse chestnut intersection as well as the road
exits / entrances to the village green.
Having had this area mapped out by the UK
security group its the best location given the ability to also keep the
apparatus reasonably accessible and more discreet to those around this area.
The system is technically advanced with the
potential to include automatic number plate recognition ( ANPR ) and is
monitored 24 hours a day within the central HQ in Aylesbury.
The technology is such that it has a privacy
setting so that it openly looks at the target areas with all housing and
gardens blanked out if requested.
It is important to note that no one from the general public
including the Parish Council can access these images. It is only if an incident
occurs and something is referred to the police that the images can be passed directly from UK Security onto
the Police.
UK Security are fully GDPR compliant in how they treat this
data confidentially.
I have with one of my colleagues Keith Turnbull
recently visited the HQ of the UK Security Group and we were most impressed with
the monitoring technology including the ability to go back in time to look at
potential issues / incidents (usually 21 days ) that have been identified by
reports on the ground by parishioners and also requests from the local police
who have established that the route was possibly being used as a regular run
for criminal purposes
The project has the full support and
encouragement of the police and will undoubtedly give the security of our village
a big boost.
We also have a number of testimonials from villages close by who
have installed a similar system and all are extremely satisfied with the
results achived to date . These testimonials can be made available for public
consumption.
Once costs are finalised we are also hopeful
that a good proportion of these costs will be met by external grants within
Buckinghamshire as well as a contribution from the Parish council.
At the moment installation costs are in the
region of 18K (including a provision for electric supply and a hook up to a
WiFi router ) and I am confident the lions share can be funded by external grants
as I say above , annual running costs will be about 1K
The purpose of this note is to be transparent
about our intentions and by bringing this project to the wider Chearsley community
we hope to get feedback and constructive comments that will help inform us of
the potential support or otherwise that may be out there.
So just wanting to give you, the villagers, a heads up first and
seek any initial thoughts before I bring to the full Parish Council for
discussion ?? Comments, either supporting or raising questions, as ever please to ChearsleyPC@chearsley.com.
Should you wish to visit the HQ of the UK
security group this can be arranged and also i am more than willing to have a face
to face catch up with anyone if requested and indeed if much interest is noted
then either a separate meeting at the village hall or if not a significant item
on the PC agenda at our next meeting when all can attend.
Best Wishes
Nic Brown
Chairman Chearsley Parish Council
