Bayside Council has voiced its willingness to work with the New South Wales Government, the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and New South Wales Police to trial vehicle noise activated cameras, in an effort to reduce anti-social behaviour.
New South Wales Minister for Small Business and Member for Rockdale, Steve Kamper, announced that the EPA is looking into noise camera technology to see if it can work within the state.
Mr Kamper also reaffirmed his pre-election promise to include Bayside in the trials, should the technology be suitable.
Bayside Mayor, Dr Christina Curry, said the announcement was great news for the people of Bayside, especially those living in the suburbs along the foreshore.
“Bayside Council is already using sophisticated high-tech cameras incorporating licence plate recognition technology to help curb anti-social behaviour, and I believe we are well placed to take part in any trial of noise activated cameras,” Mayor Curry said.
Council, in collaboration with the local police, began trialling Licence Plate Recognition sophisticated high-tech cameras some years ago.
The first static cameras with the ability to read and record the licence plate of a vehicle, capture illegal activity and anti-social behaviour were installed in Sandringham.
Dubbed ‘hoon-cams’ for their ability to help bring hoons to account, the cameras monitor anti-social behaviour including hooning and can even catch anyone defacing local businesses with graffiti.
These cameras have seen a significant reduction in the number of incident reports and complaints from the community.
