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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 13, 2015

QUESTION NO.5

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the Chief Executive if a plan is in place to upgrade existing CCTV installations where it has been deemed that the quality of recorded footage is too poor to support efforts at successful prosecutions?   

REPLY

The Council uses CCTV cameras to assist in the prevention and detection of crime.   Both fixed location visible cameras and a small number of mobile visible cameras to provide short term CCTV coverage of public spaces to assist in carrying out regulatory, investigatory and enforcement duties are used. The Council also avails of a limited number of covert appliances.

The Council is currently reviewing CCTV at various locations and depending on the demonstrated need and resources available, upgrades may be provided on a case by case basis.