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Media Alert
10
November 2009
Melbourne City Council trials CCTV patrol vehicles to enhance city safety
The latest Council initiative to strengthen
city
safety and security will roll onto Melbourne’s streets
this
weekend, and be unveiled to the media today at 11am by the Lord Mayor Robert Doyle.
Two security vehicles
that have been fitted with 360 degree CCTV surveillance cameras will patrol city
hotspots over a six month period.
The vehicles will be operational on Friday and Saturday nights between 10pm and 6am
and will
complement the additional 31 safe city cameras installed in August, which brought the total to 54.
The
surveillance vehicles
will be instantly recognisable
and have a 360 degree view of
the street and
surrounds for the car crews and camera operators to observe and record activities in selected areas.
WHAT:
The Lord Mayor Robert Doyle to unveil Council’s two CCTV
surveillance cars
WHERE:
Outside the front of Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street
WHEN:
Tuesday 10 November, 11am
Media contact: Phil Buckley, Media Adviser, Tel: 9658 8426 / 0409 425873
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