Tipperary Council plans for 85 CCTV cameras for Clonmel
The data will be kept for a maximum of 28 days, unless needed to investigate a crime or other invident
The council is planning to install 51 new CCTV cameras across Clonmel, bringing the total in the town to 85.
The new CCTV cameras will allow identification of individuals; the data will be kept for a maximum of 28 days unless it is required to investigate an incident or crime.
Monitoring of the system, say the council, “will only take place to deter those having criminal intent, assist in the prevention and detection of crime and to investigate security incidents to secure evidence”.
The details were published as the council seeks a supplier for the new IP server-based CCTV system, which is to be located in a Comms room in the council offices on Emmet Street.
The 51 new Hanwha cameras (or their equivalent) will be added to the existing suite of 34 cameras. They will be located throughout the town, with two at Hughes Mills apartments, ten in the area of the Suir Island carpark, 11 in the area of Kickham Barracks, and three around the rugby club.
The CCTV equipment will be linked wirelessly to a server at the Tipperary County Council offices in Emmet Street, Clonmel.
The council has also agreed, with Virgin Media, to use the Virgin Media telecommunications mast at Knocknagriffin (overlooking Clonmel Town) as a relay point for the transmission of the CCTV images to the receiving equipment, which will be installed on the rear wall of Tipperary Council building on Emmet Street.
In its contract advertisement, the council explained how images from the 34 existing CCTV cameras in Elm Park, Cooleens Close, and Heywood Close are currently transmitted to Clonmel Garda Station.
However, it is now necessary for this practice to come to an end, and instead this footage will be redirected to the council offices where they will be incorporated into the new, overall system and allow live viewing and playback.
The supplier/contractor will also be the one responsible for managing all the data from the CCTV system, as well as dealing with all Data Access Requests. In this regard, the contractor will need to ensure that they can comply with GDPR.