FI17212
Request
- Please can you tell me how many CCTV cameras Dover District Council operates and how many of these are produced by Chinese companies. Please can you show this as two figures.
- Please also provide the total number of the council’s CCTV cameras that use either live or retrospective facial recognition and how many of these are produced by Chinese companies.
Response
1. All of our permanent public space cameras are Hikvision Cameras which are Chinese.
23 in Dover
21 in Deal
9 in Sandwich
4 in Aylesham
2 in Wingham
6 ANPR Cameras
49 Cameras on our own assets
Total: 114 Hikvision Cameras
Our redeployable cameras are Vemotion Cameras (not Chinese) - 5
2. We do not use facial recognition