Falkirk CCTV camera upgrades already helping to tackle crime

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More than 60 new and improved fixed CCTV cameras are now in place across Falkirk Council - and their crystal clear images are already being used to tackle crime.

Members of Falkirk Council's executive heard that with just one more left to install, the council is now on track to move staff to a state-of-the-art hub in its new Larbert offices, now known as the Foundry.The CCTV hub will be located alongside the out of hours alarm and telecare monitoring services which are already up and running in Larbert.The executive also heard that five more mobile cameras have been purchased to use across the district, as and where they are needed.

In total, they now have 19 in central Falkirk and 15 in Grangemouth.There are more cameras in Callendar Park, Grahams Road, Falkirk Retail Park, Newcarron, Camelon, Falkirk Wheel, Stenhousemuir, Larbert, Denny and Bo'ness.Mobile cameras are currently being used in locations such as Helix Park while housing services have three that they can use wherever needed.They will also be used during the decomissioning of the old municipal buildings which are due to be demolished in April.The £1 million project is a key part of the Council of the Future projects - which aim to use technology to transform services and save money in the long run.Officers told the elected members that there had been "positive discussions" with Police Scotland and they are hopeful that the force will agree to raise its current contribution of £32,000 towards the running costs of the operation.The hope is that the council will also work with other partners to add cameras and already Paragon Housing and Avonbridge Community Group have come on board.To date £600,000 of the £980,000 funding has been spent and the remaining