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Cameras bid to catch railway graffiti vandals

 

A rail operator has become the first in Britain to install a new type of camera to snare graffiti artists who vandalise its trains.

 

Birmingham-based Central Trains set up three of the devices at sidings in Worcester and Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, last week. The firm intends to invest in up to 30 more Flashcams at notorious graffiti spots across its network, which extends across the Midlands up to the North West and down to South Wales.

 

The Flashcams are similar to those used to catch speeding motorists, and also give an audio warning informing vandals they have been trapped.

 

Police are currently studying the first rolls of film in the hope that culprits who have daubed carriages and locomotives have been caught.

 

Although other firms have trialled the Flashcams, Central is the first to install them on a permanent basis.

 

Sidings in Birmingham, Boston, Leicester, Nottingham and Shrewsbury are among those also due to receive the devices. The cameras are activated at night with motion sensors set to pick up any movement around parked trains.

 

Central imported the idea from Los Angeles as a way of trying to reduce graffiti, which costs the firm £300,000 every year.

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http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_85952...latestheadlines

 

Cameras bid to catch railway graffiti vandals

 

A rail operator has become the first in Britain to install a new type of camera to snare graffiti artists who vandalise its trains.

 

Birmingham-based Central Trains set up three of the devices at sidings in Worcester and Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, last week. The firm intends to invest in up to 30 more Flashcams at notorious graffiti spots across its network, which extends across the Midlands up to the North West and down to South Wales.

 

The Flashcams are similar to those used to catch speeding motorists, and also give an audio warning informing vandals they have been trapped.

 

Police are currently studying the first rolls of film in the hope that culprits who have daubed carriages and locomotives have been caught.

 

Although other firms have trialled the Flashcams, Central is the first to install them on a permanent basis.

 

Sidings in Birmingham, Boston, Leicester, Nottingham and Shrewsbury are among those also due to receive the devices. The cameras are activated at night with motion sensors set to pick up any movement around parked trains.

 

Central imported the idea from Los Angeles as a way of trying to reduce graffiti, which costs the firm £300,000 every year.

that isnt just for central trains....this device caught me off guard at a certain layup in central london...
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Cameras to prevent rail graffiti

 

 

Graffiti costs Central Trains an estimated £300,000 a year

Security cameras that can detect movement are being used in a hi-tech effort to prevent graffiti attacks on the railways.

Central Trains says it is the first UK rail company to introduce the motion-sensitive cameras at stations.

 

The "FlashCam" takes a photograph of the culprit and issues an audible warning that the police are on their way.

 

Central Trains says graffiti costs the company about £300,000 each year to clean up.

 

'Leave now'

 

A spokesman for the company said such attacks frequently caused trains to be cancelled, especially if the offending words were racist and needed to be removed immediately.

 

The train operator says it copes with an average of about one incident each week, with the worst hotspots being in Royal Leamington Spa, Nottingham, Boston and Worcester.

 

FlashCams were placed at train sidings in Worcester and Leamington last week.

 

The firm said it intends to invest in up to 30 more of the devices at notorious graffiti spots across its network, which extends across the Midlands up to the North West and down to south Wales.

 

Graffiti artists are putting their lives at risk by trespassing on the sidings

 

 

Spokesman Ged Burgess

 

 

A former tagger's tale

 

If the technology detects any movements it will sound the warning: "Stop. You are in a secured area. Leave now - the British Transport Police have been contacted and are on their way."

 

Central Trains said the equipment, which was first used in the United States, costs £1,300 per unit.

 

 

Peter Cushing, operations director for Central Trains, said: "Graffiti has been an ongoing problem for a long time and now we are determined to stamp it out once and for all.

 

"The camera has a motion sensor built into it, a flash 35mm camera and a loudspeaker.

 

"It's not deafening - but it's enough to put anyone off who wants to do graffiti there."

 

Cost bonus

 

Central Trains spokesman Ged Burgess added: "(The FlashCam) has been very successful in reducing graffiti in the railway yards in the US, which is a far bigger problem there than it is here.

 

"Nevertheless, we are hoping that it will result in a reduction in the inconvenience that passengers have when their trains are not in service because we are having to clean graffiti off the windows.

 

"We also hope it will improve safety because, at the end of the day, graffiti artists are putting their lives at risk by trespassing on the sidings."

 

"The added bonus for us is that these can be installed for £1,300 per unit - a fraction of the cost of CCTV systems - which can be up to £30,000 each."

 

Police are already studying the first rolls of film in the hope of identifying those responsible for the latest acts of vandalism.

 

 

^^^^^^

IS THIS THE SHIT YOU WERE ON ABOUT TIME AGO ZEEISM???

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