ONLINE crime fighting community CrimeSpotter Buffalo City said they had four CCTV cameras to donate to East London police to help fight crime.
A year ago Buffalo City Metro said they would install 15 CCTV cameras, to the tune of R5.2-million, but this has not happened.
Yesterday Neville Worsfold of CrimeSpotter said they were concerned about increasing incidents of smash and grab and jewellery snatching in Buffalo and Fleet streets and Gilwell Road in the CBD. They have called on the public and businesses to join with police and BCM law enforcement to set up the system .
The online team spoke to Colonel Shanon Kirkhoff, a visible policing commander at Fleet Street police station, about the cameras.
“We have four cameras and a recorder we are willing to hand over to the police. Everyone is concerned about crime in this city and as concerned members of the public we want to help,” Worsfold said.
He said the reason the cameras had not yet been handed over was that the police had not got back to them .
Provincial police spokeswoman Brigadier Marinda Mills said they welcomed any initiative aimed at supporting police in the fight against crime.
She said: “CCTV cameras have proven to be a deterrent and can also assist in the investigation of a crime.”
However Mills said there were processes to be followed before cameras could be installed.
Worsfold said the cameras c ould be controlled from the city’s police station. “They can run any time; we just need someone to donate a 24-hour uncapped internet package,” he said. —
CrimeSpotter offers BCM cops CCTVs
A year ago Buffalo City Metro said they would install 15 CCTV cameras, to the tune of R5.2-million, but this has not happened.
Yesterday Neville Worsfold of CrimeSpotter said they were concerned about increasing incidents of smash and grab and jewellery snatching in Buffalo and Fleet streets and Gilwell Road in the CBD. They have called on the public and businesses to join with police and BCM law enforcement to set up the system .
The online team spoke to Colonel Shanon Kirkhoff, a visible policing commander at Fleet Street police station, about the cameras.
“We have four cameras and a recorder we are willing to hand over to the police. Everyone is concerned about crime in this city and as concerned members of the public we want to help,” Worsfold said.
He said the reason the cameras had not yet been handed over was that the police had not got back to them .
Provincial police spokeswoman Brigadier Marinda Mills said they welcomed any initiative aimed at supporting police in the fight against crime.
She said: “CCTV cameras have proven to be a deterrent and can also assist in the investigation of a crime.”
However Mills said there were processes to be followed before cameras could be installed.
Worsfold said the cameras c ould be controlled from the city’s police station. “They can run any time; we just need someone to donate a 24-hour uncapped internet package,” he said. —
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