New WCCTV Tower will help track fly-tipping hotspots in Dacorum

The WCCTV Solar Tower scheme, funded through the council’s Stronger Futures Programme, is to replace fixed surveillance which has struggled to keep pace with the problem.

The council says it has adopted a WCCTV’s Solar Tower so it can be moved and respond as hotspots change, monitor activity and provide a visible deterrent where incidents have recurred.

Footage is accessed through WCCTV’s secure, cloud-based platform, allowing council officers to review activity and gather evidence to support investigations and enforcement without needing to be on site.

Councillor Robin Bromham, Portfolio Holder for neighbourhood Operations at Dacorum Borough Council, said: “Fly-tipping remains one of the most visible environmental issues affecting our local communities, harming wildlife and costing taxpayers thousands of pounds each year in clean-up costs.

“Having good evidence is vital for successful prosecutions, and the ability to relocate the camera to problem areas will help us gather that evidence while also acting as a strong deterrent to those who think they can break the law and get away with it. We are sending a clear message that fly-tipping will not be tolerated in Dacorum.”

David Gilbertson, CEO of Wireless CCTV, added: “Fly-tipping is a continuously moving target and the response needs to keep up. A redeployable, solar-powered unit lets environmental enforcement teams put monitoring where the problem is now rather than where it was last month. This gives enforcement teams footage they can rely on.”

Residents are encouraged to continue reporting fly-tipping to their local council, as reports help identify problem areas and inform decisions about where mobile CCTV units could be deployed.