I am pleased to publish the statistics for the CCTV Control Room for the final three months of 2020. Understandably, given the pandemic, the number of activations was slightly lower during Q4 2020 than during the same period for the previous year; however, there were 38 incidents in total during October, November and December 2020.
As a reminder, the Control Room is based at Macclesfield Town Hall and operated by Cheshire East Council (Alderley Edge Parish Council provides funding of £6,000 per annum towards the cost of the service and helping our village to feel more secure). The vast majority of the team's work over the period was in assisting police to search for missing or wanted persons.
The CCTV system was also used to successfully help police track down an individual who had been seen acting suspiciously within the village centre; the individual was apprehended, found to be in possession of a quantity of a controlled drug and taken to Macclesfield Police Station for questioning. Following reports of an individual attempting to withdraw funds from a bank account on behalf of someone else, police were alerted and the CCTV was used to help track down the individual as well as a suspect vehicle nearby. The CCTV was able to identify the registration number, allowing police carry out a vehicle check.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Council Officers at the CCTV Control Room for their diligence over this period as well as members of our local policing team. Not every activation will result in a conviction or even an arrest; however, it is good to have the assurance that the system is in place and operating to protect the security of local residents, businesses and legitimate visitors to our village.
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