Four new CCTV cameras to increase community safety
Western Bay of Plenty District Council continues to improve community safety and secure shared spaces across the rohe through its annual $50,000 CCTV Fund.
Four locations have been selected as being the most in need of extra surveillance, following a community application process in July.
The four locations selected for the 2023 fund are:
- Omanawa Road and State Highway 29 intersection, Lower Kaimai
- Sharp Road and State Highway 2 intersection, Aongatete
- Warner Road and Oropi Road intersection, Oropi
- Te Matai Road and State Highway 36 (Pyes Pa Road) intersection, Ngawaro
The fund is designed to prevent crime and deter anti-social behaviour by adding to the growing network of 84 CCTV (closed circuit television) cameras around the Western Bay.
Council’s Operations Manager Kerrie Little says there was a large number of applications, showing the high level of community support for more surveillance.
“People want to feel safe in their communities and often there are blind spots that need that extra security, which is where the CCTV Fund comes in.
“These locations were selected based on the number of applications received for the area, criminal incidents and recommendations from the Police, as well as ensuring our CCTV network has a good spread across the District,” Kerrie adds.
All applications for the CCTV Fund were considered by a panel including Councillors Rodney Joyce, Margaret Murray-Benge and Richard Crawford, Council’s Operations Manager Kerrie Little and a NZ Police representative.
The annual CCTV fund is an outcome from Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-2031, with our five Community Boards showing strong support for this initiative.
This is the final year of the three-year fund, with the continuation of the fund to be reviewed as part of the Long Term Plan 2024-34.
For more information on the fund, and to see previous years’ CCTV Fund locations, head to westernbay.govt.nz/cctvfund.
