Mobile CCTV cameras are strategically placed in anti-social hotspots to assist Police with the identification and prosecution of those caught doing the wrong thing. The cameras are also used to monitor alcohol supply to fight alcohol-related crime and the secondary supply of alcohol.
CCTV provides real time monitoring at each location, enabling quick responses by police to incidents of anti-social and criminal activity. The cameras are monitored by police 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Four new mobile CCTV units are operational, bringing to six the number of mobile units in Alice Springs. The mobile CCTV cameras are part of the Northern Territory Government’s investment of $5 million towards CPTED (crime prevention through environmental design) initiatives in Alice Springs.
CPTED works already undertaken include street lighting upgrades in three CBD locations, enhancing the quality of CCTV footage. The locations are Wills and Leichardt Terraces, and the laneway connecting Gregory and Stott Terraces at the rear of the Diplomat Hotel.
New and upgraded fixed CCTV cameras are being installed to complement the mobile units with 32 additional cameras and eight audio kits. These brought the current Alice Springs CCTV network from 45 to 77.
