Microwave data transmitters/receivers on roof of Peckham Town Centre Car Park

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Richard Lovegood

Dear Sir or Madam,

I was recently on the roof of Peckham Town Centre Car Park to see the excellent art exhibition, Bold Tendencies III.

I noticed two sets of microwave data cannons, located inside steel fences, both pointing towards the rooftops of nearby housing blocks.

1. Does Southwark Borough Council own and/or operate these installations?

2. What data do they send and/or receive?

3. When were they installed?

Many thanks for your help with this matter.

Richard

Richard Lovegood

Hello,

I note that you have not yet acknowledged this request, although other people who submitted their requests after mine have received an acknowledgment.

Can you confirm that you have received my request?

Many thanks,

Richard

accessinfo, Southwark Borough Council

Dear Mr Lovegood

We have received your request and it has been passed to another
department to deal with.

regards

Nadia Djilali
Governance Officer
Democratic Services
Town Hall
Peckham Road
SE5 8UB
Tel: 020 7525 7383

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE MOVING OFFICE.
From Monday 20th July 2009, our new address will be: Communities Law and
Governance, Democratic Services, PO BOX 64529' London, SE1 5LX

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Mcdonald, Marie, Southwark Borough Council

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Dear Mr Lovegood

Please find attached acknowledgement letter with regards to your FOI
request. I apologise for the delay in getting back to you and will
endeavour to have the information that you request to you within the
given timescale.

Regards

Marie McDonald
Departmental Records Manager
Southwark Council
Environment and Housing Department
Directors Office
160 Tooley Street
London
SE1 2TZ

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Mcdonald, Marie, Southwark Borough Council

Dear Mr Lovegood


The Borough CCTV cameras are transmitted via a combination of Fibre
Optic Cables leased by BT, NTL and there are some Borough owned fibre
links as well as microwave technology.

The equipment you have described are microwave transmission units. They
send and receive signals which allow our redeployable cameras to be
moved by our Licensed CCTV Operators and images transmitted back to the
Borough's Monitoring Suite.

The signals are very high frequency but low power and can not cause any
harm to anyone or anything in their path. They are used instead of the
very costly option of digging up roads and footways to lay cables.
Signals are transferred between the camera and a roof top, then sent
through a fibre link directly to the Monitoring Suite.

The top floor of the multi-storey car park has been off limits to the
public for some time. When the exhibition was opened, a fence was placed
around these units to protection them from possible damage by
unauthorised access.

The Borough has been using this technology successfully for around six
years now. As cameras are moved around the Borough, these units are
redeployed.

If you would like technical data showing power consumption and strength
of signal please contact Mr Ian Gentry CCTV Manager 0207 525 5924 who
will be more than happy to forward this onto you, to alleviate any
possible concerns that you may have regarding their safety.

Regards,

Marie McDonald
Departmental Records Manager
Southwark Council
Environment and Housing Department
Directors Office
160 Tooley Street
London
SE1 2TZ

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Richard Lovegood

Marie,

Many thanks for this helpful response.

Richard

Mcdonald, Marie, Southwark Borough Council

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