Anger over Risborough CCTV costs (From Bucks Free Press)
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Anger over Risborough CCTV costs
8:00am Sunday 25th October 2009 in News By Rebecca Cain
Alan Turner
THE "unfair" attitude to the cost of CCTV in Princes Risborough has caused outrage among town councillors.
Cameras were installed in 2007 and Princes Risborough is now the only town in the Wycombe district having to contribute towards maintenance costs of £16,000 a year.
High Wycombe, Marlow and Hazlemere have their full maintenance costs paid for by Wycombe District Council.
Mayor Alan Turner wants Princes Risborough to be treated the same as other towns.
He said: "We feel it is very unfair when we have to pay when no one else has to. We want to be treated the same as everywhere."
Cllr Turner wrote to cabinet member Cllr K S Wood who said that WDC had fully funded five of the eight cameras and that the other three were deemed unnecessary and therefore were Princes Risborough's responsibility.
Mr Turner said: "I can categorically state that, although PRTC had sought a total of 11 cameras throughout the town, we reluctantly agreed to the placement of eight cameras, which was the absolute minimum for the system to be effective, as advised by WDC’s own Head of CCTV Control, the Siemens consultant engineer and the then TVP inspector in charge of neighbourhood policing.
"They are denying everything and saying no, that it is, we are not going to consider it.
"We will have to keep plugging away and we will do. I think it will be an uphill struggle."
Spokesman for Wycombe District Council, Catherine Spalton, said the PRTC contribute 40 per cent towards the annual maintenance and monitoring of the cameras, and the rest is funded by WDC.
She added the CCTV systems in Marlow, High Wycombe and Hazlemere were installed at a time when the Home Office awarded funding for CCTV.
She said: “As such these councils do not contribute to the maintenance of the system as this was not a necessary requirement when they were installed.
“Unfortunately, this source of funding is no longer available and was not available to cover the cost of the scheme in Princes Risborough.
“The financial contribution to the maintenance of the cameras was agreed by Princes Risborough Town Council before the scheme was introduced.”
Comments(10)
DeepThinker
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1:44pm Sun 25 Oct 09
High Wycombe, Marlow and Hazelmere should be paying for their own.
None of them should be paying nothing.
ivor
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5:16pm Sun 25 Oct 09
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What's more important keeping your town safe or paying the bill?
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Where are WDC supposed to get the money from? Maybe they should allow hundreds of extra houses to be built in Princes Risborough so they can collect the extra Council Tax money to pay for your CCTV? Would you like that? The money has to come from somewhere....
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Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.
faisal mahmood
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7:31pm Sun 25 Oct 09
ivor wrote:well said ivor
If it's too much for the town to pay then turn the CCTV off and let the yobbos commit crime in Princes Risborough unseen.
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What's more important keeping your town safe or paying the bill?
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Where are WDC supposed to get the money from? Maybe they should allow hundreds of extra houses to be built in Princes Risborough so they can collect the extra Council Tax money to pay for your CCTV? Would you like that? The money has to come from somewhere....
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Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.
678
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2:51pm Mon 26 Oct 09
weyfarer
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8:58am Tue 27 Oct 09
faisal mahmood wrote:I normally rspect you Ivor, but this time check your facts before pen to paper- Wycombe Town Committee, Marlow Town council and Hazlemere Parish Council all pay NOTHING towards WDC's CCTV network. Only Princes Risborough Town Council (through its residents council tax charge) is expected to pay, thoroughly wrong and unfair. You can't argue with that.
ivor wrote: If it's too much for the town to pay then turn the CCTV off and let the yobbos commit crime in Princes Risborough unseen. ~ What's more important keeping your town safe or paying the bill? ~ Where are WDC supposed to get the money from? Maybe they should allow hundreds of extra houses to be built in Princes Risborough so they can collect the extra Council Tax money to pay for your CCTV? Would you like that? The money has to come from somewhere.... ~ Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.well said ivor
678
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12:28pm Tue 27 Oct 09
weyfarer wrote:MARLOW DOES NOT PAY FOR CCTV BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY CCTV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
faisal mahmood wrote:I normally rspect you Ivor, but this time check your facts before pen to paper- Wycombe Town Committee, Marlow Town council and Hazlemere Parish Council all pay NOTHING towards WDC's CCTV network. Only Princes Risborough Town Council (through its residents council tax charge) is expected to pay, thoroughly wrong and unfair. You can't argue with that.ivor wrote: If it's too much for the town to pay then turn the CCTV off and let the yobbos commit crime in Princes Risborough unseen. ~ What's more important keeping your town safe or paying the bill? ~ Where are WDC supposed to get the money from? Maybe they should allow hundreds of extra houses to be built in Princes Risborough so they can collect the extra Council Tax money to pay for your CCTV? Would you like that? The money has to come from somewhere.... ~ Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.well said ivor
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weyfarer
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9:44pm Tue 27 Oct 09
678 wrote:Then what are the tall black poles in West Street and High Street with cameras mounted on them???? I think you will find the are CCTV cameras....
weyfarer wrote:MARLOW DOES NOT PAY FOR CCTV BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY CCTV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!faisal mahmood wrote:I normally rspect you Ivor, but this time check your facts before pen to paper- Wycombe Town Committee, Marlow Town council and Hazlemere Parish Council all pay NOTHING towards WDC's CCTV network. Only Princes Risborough Town Council (through its residents council tax charge) is expected to pay, thoroughly wrong and unfair. You can't argue with that.ivor wrote: If it's too much for the town to pay then turn the CCTV off and let the yobbos commit crime in Princes Risborough unseen. ~ What's more important keeping your town safe or paying the bill? ~ Where are WDC supposed to get the money from? Maybe they should allow hundreds of extra houses to be built in Princes Risborough so they can collect the extra Council Tax money to pay for your CCTV? Would you like that? The money has to come from somewhere.... ~ Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.well said ivor
678
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10:38am Wed 28 Oct 09
weyfarer wrote:no they no-longer have cameras on the top of them!! The council removed them
678 wrote:Then what are the tall black poles in West Street and High Street with cameras mounted on them???? I think you will find the are CCTV cameras....weyfarer wrote:MARLOW DOES NOT PAY FOR CCTV BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY CCTV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!faisal mahmood wrote:I normally rspect you Ivor, but this time check your facts before pen to paper- Wycombe Town Committee, Marlow Town council and Hazlemere Parish Council all pay NOTHING towards WDC's CCTV network. Only Princes Risborough Town Council (through its residents council tax charge) is expected to pay, thoroughly wrong and unfair. You can't argue with that.ivor wrote: If it's too much for the town to pay then turn the CCTV off and let the yobbos commit crime in Princes Risborough unseen. ~ What's more important keeping your town safe or paying the bill? ~ Where are WDC supposed to get the money from? Maybe they should allow hundreds of extra houses to be built in Princes Risborough so they can collect the extra Council Tax money to pay for your CCTV? Would you like that? The money has to come from somewhere.... ~ Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “YOUR SAY” link at the top of the page then click on “BLOGS”.well said ivor
leeharte
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6:54pm Wed 28 Oct 09
Surely it is possible to ascertain the truth of the situation?
Voyeur says...
11:15am Sun 25 Oct 09