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Thugs, drugs and videotape (PR 1144)
Arrests for guns, drugs and violent brawls have been made recently thanks to the rapid response of Ealing Council’s CCTV control room.
CCTV operators have spotted a man seen firing a gun, a doorman fighting with partygoers and a chancer hiding drugs, all in the last month.
CCTV cameras picked up a man firing a weapon outside the Tudor
Rose nightclub. Operators trained cameras on the man and kept
the Police informed about what car he got into and where it
went. Suspects were later arrested.
The cameras also helped provide vital footage of a violent
attack outside a licensed premises in Greenford Broadway. The
attack was first spotted on the cameras and then reported to the
Police. The Council’s Licensing department and Police are
investigating the incident further.
Police officers were seen on camera searching a man suspected of having drugs on him. The officers did not find anything on the suspect and let him go. But operators continued to follow him with the cameras and saw him return to the spot as soon as Police had left the area. The suspect went back to a bush, and removed a package, which he had stashed before he was stopped. The Police, who were in constant contact with the control room, returned and made an arrest.
Councillor Sue Emment, Cabinet Member for Safer Communities,
said: “The Council has invested heavily in CCTV as part of its
drive to make Ealing safer.
“The Council’s CCTV control room operators are the ‘virtual’
eyes of the borough. They allow the Police and other emergency
services to respond quickly to situations and catch criminals
faster.
“CCTV cameras are there to catch people breaking the law, if you have done nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about. Like it or not CCTV cameras are here to stay and are proving their worth every day by helping the Police catch thugs and criminals.”
Find more information about
CCTV or call the Community Safety Team on 020
8825 7600.