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The town council has agreed to fund up to five new cameras which will be installed at recognised crime and anti-social behaviour ‘hot-spots.’
To cover the cost, councillors have earmarked an extra £7,981 to their annual CCTV budget.
The overall cost of the new system will now be £11,901.
Councillors say they have reacted to growing concerns about levels of anti social behaviour in many locations.
At a meeting two months ago, Mayor Fiona Martin - a councillor for 43 years - said crime levels were ‘unprecedented.”
Ironically, the extra expense comes as police revealed they investigated just one report of anti-social behaviour in November - and that was Covid related