Things are getting more and more cautious than ever. Streets are wising up and getting adorned with spy cameras. The residents and business owners residing at Wearside have decided to go one step further and have CCTV surveillance installed all over their streets to keep vandals and thugs at bay.
It was reported by The Echo in February that thousands pounds worth damage was caused to Vehicles in the Royalty area of Chester Road by hooligans who were dancing on top of car roofs and bonnets. Stuart Lockerbie, a city businessman, took the initiative to install a CCTV to protect his property and also that of his neighbors. He installed cameras both in front and back of his property. People are suffering major nuisance in the form of general scratching of cars, broken wing mirrors, windscreen wipers being pulled off, and people actually jumping on the car roofs.
Safety and well-being of the residents and their property has become a major concern with more and more issues such as this cropping up every day. Not only money of the people, but also their physical and mental well being is at stake. These incidents usually occur well past midnight when residents are fast asleep in the confines of their home and the hooligans are way out, possibly drunk or drugged, of pubs and parties.
The CCTV that Stuart installed cost him around 600 to cover his shop, parking area and his immediate surroundings. But then he and his neighbors later realized that by spending another 100 the system would cover another extra 20 meters on the street ensuring coverage for parking lots of his neighbors as well. The investment was worth the protection and peace of mind they would get in return.
Growth of this idea and more installations has brought back security to Wearside again.
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