Crime spotters.Council staff in Gateshead are helping beat crime and disorder by keeping an eye on the borough's 200 cameras. Recently they helped police stop several serious incidents after spotting potentially dangerous situations developing. Gateshead Council now employs 21 staff to monitor CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television footage 24 hours a day, seven day a week. The CCTV operators have access to police and Nexus CCTV systems, as well as the council's own. Working in conjunction with various agencies, they report anything suspicious suspicious adjective Referring to the consideration of a particular disorder–eg, cancer, as a diagnostic possibility, as in 'suspicious for malignancy' using the police radio systems. Following their help, police arrested two men and recovered a high powered air rifle after an operator spotted the barrel sticking out Adj. 1. sticking out - extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck" of a car. |
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