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How network of 103 cameras is catching a criminal a day
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Bath Chronicle, The
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July 3, 2008
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One person is arrested every day as a result of the Bath area's
crimefighting CCTV cameras.
From a small dark room in the Guildhall, the streets of Bath are
monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, via cameras positioned
across the length and breadth of the city.
There are 87 cameras in Bath and another 16 in Keynsham and
Midsomer Norton, and officials estimate that around 400 arrests a
year can be credited to their presence.
So far this year, police have asked Bath and North East Somerset
Council, which runs the system, for a record number of images to use
as evidence.
Since the start of the year there have been 542 requests and the
CCTV control room was able to provide images of 355 of ...