Dear Skipton Business Improvement District,

Please could you disclose the following?

1. The full specifications and model details of each CCTV camera in operation in Skipton (if you are not responsible for them I would be grateful to know who is).

2. Whether any of these cameras feature APNR (Automatic Plate Number Recognition) and if any do the locations of the ones that do.

3. The full specifications and model details of the other equipment affixed to the lamp posts with the cameras (some of them appear to be routers if that helps) and the purpose of this additional equipment.

Thank you

Yours faithfully,
Alan Iveson

Dear Sarah,

The reason I'm wanting to know is most specifically around the 15 minute cities/20 minute neighbourhoods/etc schemes that are being pushed internationally and also the Internet of Things and 5G.

After a brief look I've noticed the cameras (of the ones I found) seem to be mainly pointed at roads where I'd expect a reasonable amount of traffic and which are key points in the town's road system. It may be that now they are just functioning as CCTV, but I am interested to know their current purpose and any future plans for their use and what their capabilities are such as if they can do APNR?

I'm also desiring to know what sorts of frequencies the devices which look to be routers (or at least some sort of networking equipment) on the lamp posts might be emitting.

Yours sincerely,

Alan Iveson

Dear Skipton BID,

Thank you for the response.

Yours sincerely,

Alan Iveson