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CCTV enforcement for Bromley

by Mark Rowe

The London Borough of Bromley is installing automated CCTV enforcement for road safety purposes outside five schools. The south London council is also deploying unattended CCTV enforcement systems to bus lanes, pictured, to upgrade manually operated systems. The contract has been awarded to OpenView Security Solutions, a provider of CCTV systems to local government, under the ELS framework agreement, which is available to all London boroughs.

Allen Herve, Contracts and Operations Manager, Parking and Shared Services for the London Borough of Bromley and Bexley, says: “The Videalert solution helps to solve a growing issue at the school gates where inconsiderate parking by parents is putting children at risk. It provides a real deterrent for inconsiderate drivers where other traditional forms of enforcement have proved to be less than effective along with providing best value for the authority.”

The decision to install came after a trial scheme which started in 2013 but was delayed until the government formalised the exemptions in the recent Deregulation Act. The system combines automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) with video analytics. A single PTZ camera continuously monitors the keep clear zones and automatically captures only the drivers that are stationary in defined ‘watch areas’ and exceed the ‘watch times’. Evidence packs are automatically created for review by an operator before sending them to back office PCN processing systems.

The CCTV enforcement is also being installed to automate the enforcement of bus lanes across the borough. This product automatically captures only the number plates of vehicles that actually commit offences. It delivers higher levels of productivity at a lower cost, according to the manufacturers, than the existing legacy systems that rely on operators to manually monitor each camera location to identify contraventions and make evidence packs.

Allen Herve added: “Moving to automated, unattended CCTV enforcement systems will provide best value for the Authority and enable us to extend the hours of operations without additional associated costs. It will also enable us to redeploy staff to deliver an enhanced level of service provision and achieve significant cost savings.”

Tim Daniels, Sales and Marketing Director of Videalert said: “We are pleased to be working with OpenView Security Solutions on this important contract. The Videalert platform allows local authorities to seamlessly upgrade from manually operated systems using the same infrastructure whilst reducing manpower and equipment costs. It provides more effective compliance and ensures best value for local tax payers over the lifetime of the contract.”

Videalert add that their platform supports multiple civil traffic enforcement, traffic management, community safety and crime prevention applications at once. It is ONVIF certified, works with analogue cameras and allows a progressive migration to digital camera use.

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