CCTV crime crunch
By Fiona Gounden
Durban’s hi-tech crackdown on criminals over the festive season was highly successful and augurs well for a safer city in 2008.
With 191 infrared-equipped CCTV cameras spread across Durban and surrounding areas, police have made an average of 12 arrests a day - and they’re not just for petty crime.
Clever use of the cameras also led to the recent arrest of five men linked to previous cash-in-transit heists.
The cameras are spread throughout the city and suburbs, including Umhlanga Rocks, Pinetown and Durban International Airport and municipal manager Dr Michael Sutcliffe said they “are prioritising the CCTV system as part of a broader strategy to deal with urban management and creating a safer city”.