As part of our £4.4million investment to make our borough safer day and night, the council have installed new CCTV cameras in Eltham High Street and Woolwich Dockyard.
Last Thursday Cllr Rachel Taggart-Ryan, Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Enforcement, joined council officers, the software company Videosoft Global and contractors to install the new cameras in crime hotspot areas.
Cllr Rachel Taggart-Ryan, Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Enforcement said: “You have told us that crime and anti-social behaviour is the biggest issue facing Royal Greenwich today, so we’re using cash we’ve secured from developers along with grants to upgrade the council’s CCTV network in places where you’ve said you feel unsafe. In Greenwich, we’re getting things done.”
Community Safety Enforcement Officers will be able to live stream the camera footage to their phones using software provided by Videosoft Global, meaning their response time will be quicker to any reports of crime in the area.
There are plans to install eight more cameras across the borough in Milne Estate, Rockmount Estate, Wickham Lane, Melling Street, Barth Road, Arnott Close and Armstrong Estate.
We are also using the cash secured from developers along with grants to:
- double the number of Community Safety Enforcement Officers
- fund two extra local police officers on the streets
- improve street lighting
- work with businesses to stamp down on shoplifters
- increase fines for anyone caught making misogynistic comments to women and girls.
This investment comes from ringfenced grants and the council's negotiations with developers to secure £60million that it can use to focus on the things that it knows really matter to residents – because they matter to the council too. The money is part of the council's Getting Things Done drive which can’t be used to offset any future deficits.