Decision details

Decision Maker: Assistant Director (Partnerships)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

A successful bid into the Crime Prevention Fund allows for capital purchases of new CCTV cameras that would extend the surveillance range of the current TDC CCTV system. Clacton Town centre is identified by Essex Police as one of the three areas within Essex with the highest incidence of robbery, vehicle crime, and residential burglary.
Management Team agreed the bid on 01 February 2022.

Decision:

To bid for funding of £8,300 from the Crime Prevention Fund 2022 in order to purchase 10 x digital CCTV cameras that would be deployed around Clacton town centre if successful.

Alternative options considered:

Option 1 - Currently there is insufficient funding within the TDC CCTV budgets to purchase these cameras. The alternative to bidding for this funding is to either not invest in CCTV improvements or to find the money from a different source.

Publication date: 01/02/2022

Date of decision: 01/02/2022