New Scotland Yard was the venue on Monday afternoon, July 27, for on-bus CCTV awards presented by the Met Police with Transport for London (TfL) to thank all to do with use of CCTV on the capital’s buses to combat crime and anti-social behaviour.
Pictured are, left to right, Paul Bonny of bus operator Arriva, Henry Heylen of Timespace, Micheal Rogers of Tower Transit, and presenter of all the awards, Chief Supt Paul Rickett, head of roads and transport policing command. Bonny and Rogers were winners in the best CCTV analysts category, sponsored by Huntingdon-based bus CCTV product company Timespace.
Giving an update on Project Guardian, TfL’s two-year-old campaign against unwanted sexual behaviour on London buses and trains, was Sophie Brown of TfL. Also speaking was Graham Daly, head of community safety and policing partnerships at TfL; and Det Chief Insp Mick Neville, event compere, of the Central Forensic Image Team at New Scotland Yard, which includes CCTV. As featured in the August print issue of Professional Security magazine, CCTV evidence organisationally at the Yard now comes under forensics, such as fingerprints.
Stephen Greenhalgh, the deputy Mayor of London for policing, also attended and spoke briefly. Other awards included:
use of on-bus CCTV bringing offenders to justice: TDRT team processing police requests for CCTV, supervised by Kelvin Wheatcroft, and Insp Richard Sorrell. Also desktop investigations team, formerly known as BusTag.
Contribution towards use of on-bus CCTV for investigating assaults on bus drivers: TfL data disclosure team, which in the last year has dealt with more than 10,500 data requests, including CCTV.
Production of identification from bus CCTV: Wendy Young.
Most improved CCTV data control rooms: Tower Transit, and Metroline.
Special recognition awards for attitude, technical support to police and work towards successful use of on-bus CCTV in London: Neil Coltson of Metroline, Paul Bonny of Arriva, Martin Davis of London United, Douglas Cobb of Go-Ahead, and Micheal Rogers of Tower Transit.
Use of bus CCTV to ring offenders to justice: John Keating and Robert Swayer of Arriva, Jamie Thompson of Metroline, Lee Barber of London United, Bernie Rejewski of London General, Sean Sumner of Arriva Kent Thameside, Colin Welch and Cliff Frost of London General, Catherine Bradbrooke-Burland of Stagecoach, and Edward Harris of Aebllio.
Best bus operator: for amount and quality of, and speed in turn-around in production of CCTV footage, Arriva London.
A similar awards event for London borough CCTV control rooms was at New Scotland Yard in March, and featured in the May print issue of Professional Security magazine.
