Larne and Carrickfergus town centre CCTV expansion under evaluation by council

A contractor is to evaluate the potential number of cameras required  for installation and connection in each area, a report to the council’s Direct Services Committee has stated.

The PSNI has told elected representatives previously that CCTV provision in Carrickfergus is “relatively poor” compared to other council areas such as Lisburn and Castlereagh.

Former Larne Lough Alliance Councillor Danny Donnelly and Chair of Mid and East Antrim Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) now an East Antrim MLA, had inquired about the possibility of a CCTV coverage being fed into  a monitoring system in Ballymena.

Knockagh Ulster Unionist Councillor Andrew Wilson who chairs the Anti-social Behaviour PCSP Working Group, said: “Following the recent installation of CCTV at the cenotaph in Carrickfergus and increased PSNI foot patrols in the town, following reports of vandalism in the Marine Gardens, I believe that we should be pressing forward to replicate the already installed CCTV in Ballymena town centre in both Carrickfergus and Larne towns.