CCTV

CCTV code of practice

The London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames, the Richmond Upon Thames Division of the Metropolitan Police and the local community are making progress in promoting community safety and crime prevention. The fundamental aim of this partnership is to make the Borough a safer place in which to live work and visit.

The Scheme was originally funded by the Home Office (50%), London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames (25%) and members of the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames Chamber of Commerce.

The owner of the Scheme is the Council for the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames, 44 York Street, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3BZ. The partners are the Richmond Upon Thames Division of the Metropolitan Police and the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames Chamber of Commerce. All are committed to comply with this Code of Practice.

The area covered by the Scheme is broken into several areas within the Borough.

Purpose of the Scheme

• To discourage all types of criminal activity in the area.
• To assist the Police in providing a swift response to criminal and anti social activity.
• To provide evidence to assist in the detection and prosecution of perpetrators of criminal activity.
• To promote a safer environment for all members of society who live, work or visit the borough.
• To promote and facilitate an active partnership in the discouragement of crime, between the Police, the Council, the business community and the resident and visitors to the area.
• To alert the emergency services in the event of fire, road traffic accidents or people needing assistance.
• To assist in Traffic Management and enforcement.
• To assist in the event of a civil emergency or disaster

The CCTV system is intended to view and monitor activity in the public spaces in the area of coverage. Every possible effort has been made in the planning and design of the CCTV system to give it maximum effectiveness but it is not possible to guarantee that the system will see every single incident taking place in the areas of coverage.

The Scheme is not to be used to invade the privacy of any individual in residential, business, or other private premises, buildings or land.

Signs displaying the following wording have been installed in the areas of coverage:

"This area is protected by closed circuit television surveillance. Evidence can be used in a court of law" - "For your safety and the prevention or detection of crime and traffic enforcement” CCTV operated by the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Civic Centre, 44 York Street, Twickenham TW1 3BZ Tel: 020 8891 1411"

The Scheme makes specific arrangements for the provision of recordings for evidential purposes to the police.

Related documents

• The Civic Pride CCTV Scheme(pdf, 209KB) - Information on the code of conduct, purpose of the scheme and procedures involved in the scheme.
• Appendix A(pdf, 24KB) - Location of CCTV cameras in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
• Appendix B(pdf, 21KB) - Form to request CCTV images from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
• Appendix C(pdf, 20KB) - Form to request viewing and removal of recorded data (other than for day-to-day function)
• Appendix D(pdf, 127KB) - Subject access request form (Data Protection Act 1998) How you can find out what information, if any, is held about you on the CCTV System.