Dear Croydon Borough Council,

I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If any information is unavailable, exempt, or beyond time/cost limits, please disregard these and provide the rest.

1. Total number of CCTV cameras in public spaces (e.g., streets, parks, car parks) operated by the council at any point during the 2023 calendar year.

2. Number of faulty or out-of-operation CCTV cameras: The number of CCTV cameras in public spaces that were broken, faulty, or out of operation for any period during the 2023 calendar year. Please provide the total number of cameras affected and, if possible, the total duration (in days) they were out of operation.

3. Expenditure on CCTV cameras: The total amount spent on installing and maintaining CCTV cameras in public spaces during the 2023 calendar year. If available, please break this down into installation and maintenance costs.

Please let me know if you require further clarification or have any questions.

Thanks,
Jamie Dixon

croydon@infreemation.co.uk, Croydon Borough Council

Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[email address]

 

Dear Jamie Dixon

Request FOI/10774

Freedom of Information Request

Your request has been considered under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act. Specifically, you have requested the following
information:

1. Total number of CCTV cameras in public spaces (e.g., streets, parks,
car parks) operated by the council at any point during the 2023 calendar
year.

We have 98 Public space cameras.

2. Number of faulty or out-of-operation CCTV cameras: The number of CCTV
cameras in public spaces that were broken, faulty, or out of operation for
any period during the 2023 calendar year. Please provide the total number
of cameras affected and, if possible, the total duration (in days) they
were out of operation.

Of these 98, there are 18 cameras that have faults beyond economic repair,
12 of these have picture but no movement, 6 have no picture.

For the year 2023, 112 faults were reported to our repair contractors, 98
of these were camera faults covering 57 different cameras and 12 were
control room issues.

3. Expenditure on CCTV cameras: The total amount spent on installing and
maintaining CCTV cameras in public spaces during the 2023 calendar year.
If available, please break this down into installation and maintenance
costs.

We have a maintenance yearly contract for £37k

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