[25
JAN 01] CITY
CENTRE COMPANY NEWS
More Cameras Focus On
City Car Parks
Nearly
£200,000 is being spent on new security cameras in Coventry to keep an
eagle eye on the car parks in the city centre.
They
are being installed to reinforce the security at car parks that are
already acknowledged as the safest in the region.
NICK MIDDLETON OF THE
CITY CENTRE COMPANY INSTALLS A NEW CAMERA
The
new top-quality cameras are the very latest design and are linked to the
City Centre Company's central camera control room that is manned 24 hours
a day.
The
cost of improved and new lighting in the car parks and additional cameras
has been met by a Home Office grant of £150,000.
The
City Centre Company has found another £33,000, through its members'
contributions and sponsorships.
Roger
Bache of the City Centre Company said:
"We
successfully applied for a Home Office grant to improve car park
security even though ours are already rated among the safest in the
country, because we want to maintain our very high standards.
"The
new, high-definition cameras, supplied by Photoscan, are state of the
art and bring our total camera stock in the city centre to 139, all of
which are managed 24 hours a day by our control room staff.
"In
addition, we are improving existing car park lighting and fencing."
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