Issue - meetings

The Operations Manager presented the Annual Operations Report for 2016/17 and provided an overview of key points, including replacement cameras, detailed updates in respect of technical matters and upgrades in relation to servers that could cope with images recorded at 28 frames per second.

The Operations Manager referred to website upgrades and two national Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) awards presented to the control team including an award for innovation.  Members were advised that the CCTV Partnership had received an assurance from the Stevenage Compliance Manager that the service was fully compliant with principles of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

The Operations Manager detailed new locations for CCTV including Gascoyne Way Multi Storey Car Park in Hertford.  He detailed a number of other potential new partners interested in joining the partnership.  The Operations Manager responded to a query from Councillor J Cunningham regarding the streaming of live evidence from 4 locations across Hertfordshire.

Councillor J Cunningham referred to the accounts and commented on a downturn in the figures regarding the performance of the CCTV Partnership.  The Operations Manager stated that a number of major clients had been lost and there was now a more diverse customer base and the Partnership was now less reliant on major clients.

The Operations Manager confirmed to Councillor L Needham how the CCTV Partnership recruited independent inspectors.  Members were advised that inspectors had been in place for a good number of years and they had identified a number of incidents regarding the improper use of CCTV in Hertfordshire.

In response to a query from Councillor P Choudhury, the Operations Manager confirmed that both the courts and the police were happy to continue accepting the technology for viewing images or video that preceded high definition CCTV.  Councillor Choudhury stated that the courts should be able to view high definition CCTV and the Partnership should introduce measures to ensure that high definition CCTV was accessible in court.

The CCTV Joint Executive Committee approved the Management and Inspector’s report as now detailed.

RESOLVED – that the management and inspectors report now submitted be approved.