Newcastle City Council has been cracking down on fly-tipping and is warning potential culprits that the illegal dumping of waste is a serious crime, with serious consequences.
In the last year, the Council has made 183 prosecutions for waste crimes. Over £50,000 was paid in fines and two fly-tippers were sentenced to a total of 30 months in prison.
Gary Trotter, general manager of Sunderland-based security firm, Hadrian Technology, said: “Fly-tippers need to be aware that new models of CCTV can be used to easily identify them where as older models may not have produced as clear or effective footage.”
Newcastle Quayside was recently targeted by fly-tippers who dumped piles of used car tyres in ten different locations, outraging local residents. The perpetrators were caught on CCTV outside PR and Marketing agency Karol Marketing’s offices.
The agency has a full HD quality CCTV system, fitted by Hadrian Technology, installed outside its building which they used to quickly track down footage of the suspects throwing car tyres from their transit van onto the street.
The council is amassing a wealth of material following the offence which means when the culprits are caught they may well be prosecuted.
Hadrian Technology installed the new CCTV system, featuring High Definition CCTV cameras from the leading Concept Pro range, to help Karol Marketing’s MD Stefan Lepkowski keep on top of his security wherever he is.
Footage can be streamed directly to an app on smart phones, laptops and tablets giving users peace of mind wherever they are in the world.
The technology can list any ‘events’ such as disturbances or break-ins, by date and time, which can be easily accessed through the app, and provide alerts via email, if there is movement in a particular area of a building or grounds. The viewer can then instantly view footage – live or recorded – to check to see if there is a genuine problem or a false alarm and act accordingly.