CCTV donation to fight bad behaviour

POLICE officers fighting anti-social behaviour in Doncaster have been given a new weapon after the town's social housing provider donated two portable CCTV cameras.

By The Newsroom

Published 11th Apr 2010, 22:43 BST

Updated 11th Apr 2010, 22:43 BST

St. Leger Homes, the management organisation responsible for the town's council homes, bought the cameras with funds from its Estates Improvement Fund.

It includes a portable recording device with a highly sensitive camera that features a 76 times zoom capability – equal to a one kilometre range.

Frank Protheroe, chairman of the fund, said: "We had quite a few entries requesting funding for the DomeHawk cameras and I know that the first generation of the camera already in place has had an amazing success around the borough."

Insp Ray Mountford of South Yorkshire Police said: "The cameras are a vital asset in combating anti-social behaviour."