Community Safety Initiative - CCTV Presentation to Privacy Issues Forum: Privacy is your Business Wellington 27 August 2008 Presented by Laurie Gabites Manager City Safety Wellington City Council

Community Safety Initiative - CCTV Introduction Local Government and Safety Safety Strategy Drivers Fear of crime Crime prevention Policing Privacy Observations and conclusions

Local Government and Safety Safety and Social wellbeing go together Wellington has been in the business for sometime We have a strategy CCTV forms a small part of that strategy Community Safety Initiative - CCTV

Safety Strategy Been around since 2000/01 Has 7 key issues and 31 initiatives Outcome – ‘People feel safe in Wellington at any time’ Included 5 initiatives to deal with dark spots – CCTV Pilot project Permanent system

Community Safety Initiative - CCTV CCTV – Drivers Expanded rapidly Incidents influenced change Large amounts of public funding Not the case in NZ – usually local government More often in City Centres

Community Safety Initiative - CCTV Fear of Crime Feelings of public safety often strong motivation for CCTV Sometimes installed as a reaction Often influenced by political and economic factors Safety linked to boost in retail visits Sometimes a bit of rhetoric Often division between stakeholders and councils

Community Safety Initiative - CCTV Crime Prevention System focussed on identifying incidents Some places install CCTV as final element Many places it is part of the bigger safety strategy Generally accepted it works better when combined

Community Safety Initiative - CCTV Policing Perspective There are some primary drivers for Police Provides an aid to locating wide range of incidents Often it is about perceptions A belief the cameras work Unsafe V safe

Community Safety Initiative - CCTV Privacy It is an issue for CCTV What we gather is personal information There is a bit of a surveillance society Needs to be a balance Growth in both CCTV and the new technology

Community Safety Initiative - CCTV Observations and Conclusions Monitoring Volunteers Where to from here How we have addressed additional cameras and an approach to CCTV use Will it work?

Community Safety Initiative - CCTV THANK YOU Contact Details Laurie Gabites Manager City Safety Wellington City Council P O Box 2199 Wellington