Council services
Town centres - closed circuit television (CCTV): Outline
The purpose built CCTV centre operates some 230 cameras covering the Town Centre; Hamlet Court Road; the Seafront and major car parks as well as linking into the Royals security camera provision.
A permanent Police representative co-ordinates retrieval of evidence tapes and also supervises the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system which can be utilized to 'trap' suspect vehicles by traffic light control at specific points. Police assistance is separately enhanced by the direct feed of live incident coverage to the Force Information Room at Chelmsford Police headquarters.
The CCTV Control Centre also acts as the Council's Out of Hours service when the Civic Centre is closed and relays emergency calls to the appropriate operational contact.
Further Information
Contact: General Enquiries & Out of Hours Service
Email: council@southend.gov.uk
Telephone: 01702 215000
Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6ER