Speeding Camera (1564) lea Bridge Road information

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Dear Hackney Borough Council,
I would like to request a FOI disclosure for the calibration and maintenance specific to the Gatso camera at A104 Lea Bridge Rd nr Chatsworth Rd E5 W/B (1564), and how the speed is calculated as part of the secondary check.

Please can you provide evidence of and/or answers to the following 5 points:

1.A current and valid calibration certificate specific to the Gatso camera (1564) Lea Bridge Road
2.After the camera has been returned following calibration please confirm if, apart from the calibration certificate, Gatsometer B.V provide a report on any faults detected and items replaced and, if so, please identify the items and what dates they were replaced, including batteries, that have required replacement.
3.After calibration, please confirm if the cameras are returned with a shutter speed of two photographs at intervals of 0.5 seconds, and if your Camera Enforcement Officers make any adjustments to the shutter speed or flash setting prior to
reinstallation and, if so, what are the setting adjustments?.
4.Regarding the secondary check viewing, please advise how the viewing staff are trained for their task, who does the training, are certificates of completion provided, and are the staff given post training assessments or hard copy reference documentation.
5.Is the work of the viewing staff audited or reviewed at intervals?
6.Please confirm the distance between the calibration lines on the road which are part of the secondary check, so that one can calculate the speed if five lines are passed.
7. Also what is the minimum Legal Distance speeding cameras can be installed from the first sign informing change of speed on this road

Yours faithfully,

naftali noe

Hackney Borough Council

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Dear Mr Noe,

FOI Ref: FOI17-0307-10422

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Dear Mr Noe

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received on 6^th March
2017 in which you requested the following information:

 

I would like to request a FOI disclosure for the calibration and
maintenance specific to the Gatso camera at A104 Lea Bridge Rd nr
Chatsworth Rd E5 W/B (1564), and how the speed is calculated as part of
the secondary check.

 

Please can you provide evidence of and/or answers to the following 5
points:

 

1.A current and valid calibration certificate specific to the Gatso camera
(1564) Lea Bridge Road 2.After the camera has been returned following
calibration please confirm if, apart from the calibration certificate,
Gatsometer B.V provide a report on any faults detected and items replaced
and, if so, please identify the items and what dates they were replaced,
including batteries, that have required replacement.

3.After calibration, please confirm if the cameras are returned with a
shutter speed of two photographs at intervals of 0.5 seconds, and if your
Camera Enforcement Officers make any adjustments to the shutter speed or
flash setting prior to reinstallation and, if so, what are the setting
adjustments?.

4.Regarding the secondary check viewing, please advise how the viewing
staff are trained for their task, who does the training, are certificates
of completion provided, and are the staff given post training assessments
or hard copy reference documentation.

5.Is the work of the viewing staff audited or reviewed at intervals?

6.Please confirm the distance between the calibration lines on the road
which are part of the secondary check, so that one can calculate the speed
if five lines are passed.

7. Also what is the minimum Legal Distance speeding cameras can be
installed from the first sign informing change of speed on this road

 

 

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whether or not requested information is held:

 

1) Any person making a request for information to a public authority is
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(a) to be informed in writing by the public authority whether it holds
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(b) if that is the case, to have that information communicated to him.

 

Hackney Council is not the authority responsible for speed cameras; we
therefore do not hold and are unable to provide you with the information
you have requested. Transport for London (TfL) manages the installation of
speed cameras and you can request this information from:
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Information Management Team (FOI)

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Yours sincerely,

 

 

The Information Governance Team

The contents of this email are confidential to the intended recipient at
the email address to which it has been addressed. It may not be disclosed
to or used by anyone other than this addressee, nor may it be copied in
any way. If received in error, please contact Hackney Council,
www.hackney.gov.uk on 020 8356 3000 (out of hours - 020 8356 2300) quoting
the name of the sender and the addressee and then delete it from your
system. Please note that neither Hackney Council nor the sender accepts
any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan the
email and attachments (if any). No contracts may be concluded on behalf of
Hackney Council by means of email communications.Please note that Hackney
Council reserves the right to monitor emails for the purpose of monitoring
or communications relevant to the Company’s business under the
Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception Of
Communications) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2699) ("the Regulations") for
the following reasons: to investigate or detect the unauthorised use of
the systems, e.g. that this policy is being observed, that no
discriminatory or offensive content appears in emails; to maintain an
adequate level of security for our computer systems; to detect any
computer viruses; to check mailboxes of absent employees. To exercise its
right under the Regulations, Hackney Council must have made all reasonable
efforts to inform every person who may use the system that interception
may take place and this notice to you should be regarded as such
notification..

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