Sparrow
03-09-07, 08:14 AM
Just spotted this on the BBC news website -
Talking CCTV installed at store
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44092000/jpg/_44092048_securitygerry203.jpg Security staff will be able to tell offenders they have been spotted
Talking CCTV cameras have been installed at a supermarket in Derby to crack down on bad behaviour and litter.
Troublemakers are told by security staff via loudspeakers that they have been spotted and are warned of the consequences of their actions.
The new system - installed at the Asda store in Sinfin - aims to help combat the problem of anti-social youths around the area.
A high-pitched mosquito alarm will soon be installed too to act as a deterrent.
Asda manager Dawn Wright said: "Our controllers in the store, our colleagues, will be able to put messages out via nine speakers around the car park actually asking these problematic youths to move and obviously to cut down the intimidation to our customers." Gerry Telford, one of the security staff, added: "I think it's amazing. I know a lot of people don't like it, they think it's big brother watching. "But I live in this community, so for me it's not a problem, if it helps the community I think it's a good thing."
Talking CCTV installed at store
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44092000/jpg/_44092048_securitygerry203.jpg Security staff will be able to tell offenders they have been spotted
Talking CCTV cameras have been installed at a supermarket in Derby to crack down on bad behaviour and litter.
Troublemakers are told by security staff via loudspeakers that they have been spotted and are warned of the consequences of their actions.
The new system - installed at the Asda store in Sinfin - aims to help combat the problem of anti-social youths around the area.
A high-pitched mosquito alarm will soon be installed too to act as a deterrent.
Asda manager Dawn Wright said: "Our controllers in the store, our colleagues, will be able to put messages out via nine speakers around the car park actually asking these problematic youths to move and obviously to cut down the intimidation to our customers." Gerry Telford, one of the security staff, added: "I think it's amazing. I know a lot of people don't like it, they think it's big brother watching. "But I live in this community, so for me it's not a problem, if it helps the community I think it's a good thing."