CONCERNS have been raised that police officers may have been enlisted to monitor council CCTV cameras after trained staff were axed.
in early 2023 councillors approved the decision to reduce the number of staff monitoring cameras from 18 to nine and have the hours cameras were monitored reduced from 24 hours a day to 12 with the cuts being phased in from September last year.
He also highlighted Security Industry Authority regulators are strict on who is allowed to access CCTV in public spaces and it is understood there are no written protocols for police to monitor these cameras as opposed to reviewing footage flagged by trained council staff. "It is no surprise that Police Scotland seems to agree and are apparently using their staff to fill the specialist role previously filled by our members."Under what authority the police are monitoring the local authority’s cameras and why staff from the national force are now doing a job that the council insists is not necessary?
A Glasgow City Council spokeswoman said:"Police Scotland officers do not monitor live public space CCTV cameras.
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