New lighting and CCTV equipment has been installed in and around The Square in central Barnstaple within the week.
* Please confirm the purpose of these additional lights and the rationale behind the installation (and please provide all documents regarding the scientific rationale behind the installation and full copies of all documents and evidence presented to justify the additional installations)
* Which government department is responsible for the installation of said technology, together with full details of the rationale and scientific grounds for said installations
* Please provide full details of all documents that relate to the government and/or local council’s approval process, including, but not limited too, the minutes of all related meetings and public consultation processes as well as all evidence presented
* Please confirm who installed them and at what expense to the public
* Please confirm what the equipment is (ie is it LED technology or 5g or thermal etc? If none of these please confirm what it is?)
* Please confirm what CCTV technology has been installed and whether this is facial recognition technology
* Please confirm who has access to said CCTV footage and how this is being, or will be, safeguarded in view of recent highly publicised Data Protection breaches.
Devon County Council have not installed any new or replacement cameras in Barnstaple Square.
This request for information may relate to services provided by District and Unitary councils in Devon, therefore please contact them directly using the information in the link provided.