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Criminals caught on camera Simon Bloomberg
The new security cameras that have been installed around Richmond’s central business area are already proving effective with images recorded from the cameras providing evidence to help police catch two offenders. Richmond Unlimited secured funding from the Pub Charity to install seven security cameras around the town after businesses
expressed concern about a wave of tagging and petty crime in the CBD. The cameras were installed early in the New Year and Sergeant Kyle Bruning of the Richmond police says the quality of the images and extent of the coverage has been a revelation. “We always knew they would be invaluable for us but I was surprised at the quality of the images - they are very, very good,” Kyle says. “We also have very good
coverage of the area and can track offenders as they move around the town which is helpful.” Kyle says they have already had “three files where we can identify the offender on camera” since they were installed. Two of these have resulted in arrests while the third investigation into “a person of interest” is still progressing and police “still have some work to do before we visit them”. Kyle says one of the offenders
was caught on camera with stolen goods after the offence was reported to police by a Richmond retailer. He says the offender initially denied the allegations “until we confronted him with the CCTV footage and his head went down and his hand went up”. “We often have a good idea of who is responsible for an offence through word of mouth or their MO but we don’t have enough evidential sufficiency. But it’s
hard for someone to argue when you put a video clip in front of a judge. “These cameras have proven very worthwhile in a short space of time and I’m sure they’ll help us catch more and more offenders. I suspect we’ll also get fewer denials from offenders if they know there’s a chance they were on camera.”
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Cameron’s support crew enjoying the ride Simon Bloomberg Behind every successful athlete there’s an army of supporters and Kathmandu Coast to Coast Two-Day winner Cameron Jones is no exception. Cameron, 16, became the youngest person to win the iconic multisport race when he traversed 243km across the South Island on Friday and Saturday in a record time of 12hr 19min 5sec. The 16-year-old Waimea College student held a 10 minute lead at the end of day one before paddling and cycling his way to the finish line at New Brighton, 47 minutes ahead of second-placed Oliver Thompson. Although it was a remarkable effort by the talented multisport athlete, he is the
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