News from ICW
Inner City Wellington (ICW) has always tried to work cooperatively and in good faith with the Wellington City Council (WCC). An example of one successful co-operative outcome was the development of Camera Base Wellington in 2013. Yet, in contradiction of their stated aims of working with communities, WCC arbitrarily shut this operation down overnight in March 2020 with no consultation or notification to ICW.
The WCC CCTV cameras were originally put in place for the Rugby World Cup in 2011 and in 2013 the police approached ICW to provide volunteers to utilise this network. ICW agreed, and David Webb co-ordinated a group of 48-50 volunteers working at the Central Police Station.