CCTV curbs bus shelter vandals

New figures show that the introduction of CCTV at bus shelters in Greater Manchester has helped to reduce vandalism.

Greater Manchester Passenger PTE, local councils, Greater Manchester Police and shelter provider JC Decaux launched the CCTV scheme just over a year ago. Now, figures for 2007 show that bus shelter vandalism in the region dropped by almost 20% compared to 2006. Images taken by the bus shelter cameras have led to police

intervention including final warnings, fixed penalty...