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A correspondent points us to this local press report of a Local Councillor in Cleveland who seems to be clamouring for the same sort of Noise Monitoring and CCTV on lammpposts that is being tried out in Westminster.
http://icteesside.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0001head/tm_objectid=15500251%26method=full%26siteid=50080%26headline=now%2da%2dcall%2dfor%2dhidden%2dmikes-name_page.html
The same potential problems apply - Industrial Scientific Medical 2.4GHz band radio frequencies used by WiFi or portable CCTV cameras do NOT belong to the Council or the Police. Everybody is allowed to use them and there is *no* legal comeback for radio intereference, provided that the power limits are observed.
What is the point of wasting even more public money on CCTV and Noise monitoring surveillance against alleged nuisance neighbours ? How does this solve a social problem with a repressive use of technology ? Unless the technology is backled up withvery rapid human reponses, in th middle of the night, then there is no proper chance of encforcing the existing laws and regulations.
Putting expensive monitoring equipment on lammposts (which will be patenly obvious) to monitor nusisance neighbours will simply lead to vandalism and theft of that equipment.
As the Cleveland Council spokesman alludes to, Councils already use mobile covert surveillance cameras to convbat temporary problems such as graffitti, fly tipping and racial attacks or harassment.
There is simply no way of "covertly" installing such equipment hidden "inside" lampposts or other "street furniture", not all criminals and vandals are stupid.
I hope DEFRA's Ambient Noise Mapping Strategy doesn't act as a pretext to place more microphones all over England.
I have noticed a lot of microwave masts going up on our town roads..............and wonder what they actually do AND WHAT FREQUENCIES..........