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| New command centre for city CCTV | New command centre for city CCTV |
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| A new control room with 112 screens monitoring over 250 CCTV cameras across Cardiff is up and running. | |
| Based at County Hall and manned by police and council officers it was due to be officially opened on Wednesday but that has been postponed by snow. | |
| Apart from cutting crime one of its main aims is to improve the flow of traffic through the city as it is also connected to the road cameras. | |
| The cameras are monitored by staff 24 hours a day, seven days a week. | |
| Cardiff council and South Wales Police said it was an "unique set-up". | |
| Divided into two halves, 48 screens and 4 larger monitors will be operated by the traffic and tunnel control team. | Divided into two halves, 48 screens and 4 larger monitors will be operated by the traffic and tunnel control team. |
| The combination of traffic management cameras and crime and disorder cameras allows us to merge all aspects of community safety Ch Supt Josh Jones | The combination of traffic management cameras and crime and disorder cameras allows us to merge all aspects of community safety Ch Supt Josh Jones |
| A further 60 monitors will be under the control of police and community safety officers. | A further 60 monitors will be under the control of police and community safety officers. |
| There will be the facility to record events as they take place. | There will be the facility to record events as they take place. |
| The council's executive member for transport Delme Bowen said: "The huge amount of hard work that has gone into creating this new control room will really pay off for the people who not only live in the city but also travel here every week in their thousands. | The council's executive member for transport Delme Bowen said: "The huge amount of hard work that has gone into creating this new control room will really pay off for the people who not only live in the city but also travel here every week in their thousands. |
| "We are committed to improving travel right across Cardiff and the benefits of this new suite to our traffic network will be enormous, both for those travelling privately and those using public transport." | "We are committed to improving travel right across Cardiff and the benefits of this new suite to our traffic network will be enormous, both for those travelling privately and those using public transport." |
| The divisional commander for Cardiff, Ch Supt Josh Jones, added: "The joint command room allows greater partnership working as well as providing significant benefits in terms of new technology. | The divisional commander for Cardiff, Ch Supt Josh Jones, added: "The joint command room allows greater partnership working as well as providing significant benefits in terms of new technology. |
| "The combination of traffic management cameras and crime and disorder cameras allows us to merge all aspects of community safety." | "The combination of traffic management cameras and crime and disorder cameras allows us to merge all aspects of community safety." |