ALL but one councillor have dipped into their infrastructure budget to install safety cameras in priority locations across the city.
Cr Lisa Bradley represents Division 1, covering Slacks Creek, Daisy Hill, and parts of Shailer Park and Underwood.
Cr Bradley said cameras in her area were sufficient, based on police advice since 2008.
The City of Logan’s Safety Camera Program has committed more than $1 million this financial year to install safety cameras in priority locations, selected in partnership with police.
There will be 50 new cameras in 17 suburbs.
“The City of Logan has one of the most sophisticated and innovative camera networks in the country,” mayor Darren Power said.
“The message here is pretty clear. Do the wrong thing and the police will catch up with you, as they’ll be watching. Do the right thing and you have nothing to worry about.”
The program will increase community safety in the city through real-time CCTV camera monitoring and recording. The cameras operate in public spaces 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
In the past year the program was utilised by QPS on 18,653 occasions.
It successfully identified, tracked and provided information in relation to 300 stolen vehicles.
QPS statistics also show that unlawful use of a motor vehicle offences in the city decreased by more than 28% in the last 12 months, while theft from motor vehicles decreased by 31%.
