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Concerns for safety of Glasgow residents as CCTV operational hours reduce

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The change to CCTV monitoring unanimously was agreed as part of the 2023 budget process and has been in operation since September 2023.

Concerns over how the reduction in CCTV monitoring from 24 hours a day to 12 hours a day is impacting the safety of citizens has been raised by a Glasgow councillor.

Councillor Lally said: “In a week there has been an annual walk of hope organised by Chris’s House a suicide awareness organisation.“There has been large groups and organisations at the recent old firm games, recent media reports from community groups and Police Scotland - which is already stretched - voicing their concerns.Councillor Kelly advised that members needed to be careful when attributing these incidents to changes in council CCTV operation.

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