Paphos Municipality has installed 55 cameras in public spaces to tackle crime and vandalism, and already has pre-approval from state departments for 60 more, acting mayor Angelos Onisiforou said.
Councils across the district are working daily on measures to tackle vandalism that were agreed at a wide-ranging meeting at Paphos Town Hall on August 27, according to information obtained by Phileleftheros. Contacts with state departments over the legislative changes and approvals the councils need are continuing unabated.
The extra cameras can go up once the municipality puts in what they need to run on their own. The departments asked for poles to mount them on, solar panels so they can work without a mains electricity supply, and memory cards that can hold 20 to 30 days of footage.
Onisiforou stressed that the effort depended on all the district’s municipalities agreeing a common line on protecting public property and tackling anti-social behaviour. Local authority and police representatives will follow a set protocol for storing and reviewing footage, to make sure it is used properly, he said.
The mayors of Akamas and Polis Chrysochous, Marinos Lambrou and Giotis Papachristofi, and the deputy mayor of Geroskipou, Andreas Siikkis, all attended the August 27 meeting. They have agreed to press state departments jointly for the arrangements needed to install and run CCTV in their public spaces.
Further measures are also being considered with the district’s other authorities.
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