The incident animated here took place on Wednesday 22 October 2003 at
13:15, between Slough and West Drayton. Although the vehicle registration
number can be identified, it actually comes back as a red Ford Escort.
Running vehicles with false numberplates is a common occurrence in fly
tipping and other vehicle related crimes.
Buckinghamshire, from where this incident is taken, ran a County-wide
campaign called 'Illegal Dumping Costs', aimed at reducing the
amount of illegal dumping in their County and increase the number of criminal
convictions. CCTV cameras were an integral part of the campaign operating
at a number of key sites across the County. Residents were informed of
the main 'costs' associated with such illegal dumping.
In response to this incident and the increasing number of incidents now
being caught on CCTV, Cllr Nicholas Binns, Portfolio Holder for the Environment,
at South Bucks District Council, said: "I am delighted that this
campaign has been launched, which will help in reducing the number of
incidents of illegal dumping in the District. Fly tipping is a major problem
in South Bucks, and costs local taxpayers an enormous amount of money
to clean up. With this find a fly tipper phone line and the CCTV we can
actually start getting some of the people ruining the area".
In our region
Nearly all of the local authorities in our region have CCTV capability
and are being helped by the Environment Agency when appropriate. CCTV
does not stop fly tipping taking place but will enable more and better
evidence to be gathered resulting in more successful prosecutions.
In this application mode the unit is in a control centre or in a structure
with mains power supply available. The unit is activated by the use of
a computer mouse or motion sensor and it will alert operators using SMS
text, email, and email with media attachments.
PC and mobile clients can access their unit over mobile or broadband
communications networks where they can access JPEG imagery, MPEG motion
media of a recorded incident, or live video feed from the CCTV cameras.
It is this type of system that will mainly be operated by local authorities.
The links below will take you to instances of CCTV use.
