'Talking' CCTV scheme expanding

"Talking" CCTV cameras that tell off people dropping litter or committing anti-social behaviour are to be extended to 20 areas across England.

They are already used in Middlesbrough where people seen misbehaving can be told to stop via a loudspeaker, controlled by control centre staff.



About £500,000 will be spent adding speaker facilities to existing cameras.

There are an estimated 4.2 million CCTV cameras in Britain.

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