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Jan 17 2011, 09:12 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jan 17 2011, 09:06 PM) Most of Newbury?
I think you give the NWN too much credit. NWN used to claim 80% readership, which is much higher, of course, than copies sold. But.... I'm not sure it has ever been suggested that none of the cameras were working at all. The query seems to be over how many, the pan/tilt/zoom capability, and the monitoring/recording. Best to keep the crims on the back foot as opposed to tell them they won't be seen.....
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Jan 17 2011, 09:15 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jan 17 2011, 09:12 PM) NWN used to claim 80% readership, which is much higher, of course, than copies sold.
But.... I'm not sure it has ever been suggested that none of the cameras were working at all. The query seems to be over how many, the pan/tilt/zoom capability, and the monitoring/recording.
Best to keep the crims on the back foot as opposed to tell them they won't be seen..... As we have both said, you don't put a sign in the window when the alarm isn't working.
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Jan 17 2011, 09:46 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jan 17 2011, 09:15 PM) As we have both said, you don't put a sign in the window when the alarm isn't working. Yeah, but if you got robbed, you'd be right annoyed if the alarm company that you'd paid to install and run the alarm system, turned round and said "ah, yes, your alarm aint working, hasn't been for weeks, don't know when it will be, we've known about it for weeks, but didn't want to mention it in case it worried you" Many insurance premiums attract discounts if cameras are present. Will be interesting to see what the insurers view of this is.
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Jan 17 2011, 10:05 PM
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QUOTE (Squelchy @ Jan 17 2011, 09:46 PM) Yeah, but if you got robbed, you'd be right annoyed if the alarm company that you'd paid to install and run the alarm system, turned round and said "ah, yes, your alarm aint working, hasn't been for weeks, don't know when it will be, we've known about it for weeks, but didn't want to mention it in case it worried you"
Many insurance premiums attract discounts if cameras are present. Will be interesting to see what the insurers view of this is. err, I think that is your own cameras, not those of the local council. If you were annoyed, I doubt there would be a sign in the window, regardless.
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Jan 17 2011, 10:24 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jan 17 2011, 10:05 PM) err, I think that is your own cameras, not those of the local council. It was your analogy. And some premiums ARE affected by poximity to public CCTV.
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Jan 18 2011, 06:30 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jan 17 2011, 09:06 PM) Most of Newbury?
I think you give the NWN too much credit. Not giving any credit to the NWN? In the pub the other night and overheard a good discussion on the subject, council did not come out too highly thought of. I have had several people discuss the CCTV with me even out in the villages around Newbury. Word of mouth is still quite popular you know even without Emails etc.
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Jan 18 2011, 06:49 PM
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QUOTE (Cognosco @ Jan 18 2011, 06:30 PM) Not giving any credit to the NWN? In the pub the other night and overheard a good discussion on the subject, council did not come out too highly thought of. I have had several people discuss the CCTV with me even out in the villages around Newbury. Word of mouth is still quite popular you know even without Emails etc. Funny - not a single person I know has mentioned it, nor have I overheard it being discussed.
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Jan 19 2011, 06:14 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jan 18 2011, 06:49 PM) Funny - not a single person I know has mentioned it, nor have I overheard it being discussed. You need to get out more then Dannyboy!
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Jan 20 2011, 06:10 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Jan 20 2011, 05:45 PM) Update: There were no replies. Perhaps the Newbury Weekly News are 'in on the scam'.
BTW Richard Garvie: have you been 'silenced' on this and other matters?
Perhaps if the NWN are being lent on, they could have the decency to state at the bottom of the respective letters that replies will not be printed if they contradict the contents. Hi Iommi, To be fair to the paper, I did send a reply in the form of an open letter to Graham Jones. Unfortunately, the NWN contacted me to say that they do not publish open letters on a legal standpoint, and I fully accept that decision. By the time I had replied late on Tuesday evening, I presume there was not space to publish it. I am suprised that nobody else submitted a letter though. CCTV will become a topic of interest next week I'm sure. Can you imagine the implications if the CCTV network was still not operational next week? We are already 10 days past the delayed completion date, and is everything operation yet? I am now going to fire off an email to Graham Jones / Nick Carter and the officers running the project to see if I can get an official update of where they are at and whether they can confirm what I have been told by others. I am amased that there is no investigation or accountability, it's now over a month since the old control room shut.
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Jan 20 2011, 06:53 PM
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QUOTE (Richard Garvie @ Jan 20 2011, 06:10 PM) I am amased that there is no investigation or accountability I'm not. I think the culture of fudging and avoidance is so deeply ingrained in the local establishment that they really and truely believe that no one has the right to know what they get up to and telling the truth is the same as not getting caught lying. Keep at it Richard.
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Jan 20 2011, 09:11 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Jan 20 2011, 09:06 PM) If you can knock down the stonewalling. I'll certainly try.
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