Code of Practice
The use of CCTV is a powerful tool to:
- Improve community safety.
- Reduce anti-social behaviour and the fear of crime for local people.
- Increase resilience to emergency and critical incidents.
Our system operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It monitors a number of public space cameras across the Borough. There are also cameras in and around Council owned buildings and it monitors some privately owned CCTV schemes.
CCTV signs are located in the areas of coverage. The system is the property of this Council and we are legally responsible for it. Authorised management is by our Community Safety Officers.
Requests for data
These are processed in line with:
CCTV is used to:
- Help to reduce crime, antisocial behaviour, fear of crime and increase the confidence of the public in the Borough.
- Offer a safer place for those who live, work and trade in the area and those who visit Calderdale.
- Help to catch and prosecute offenders.
- Help to stop and detect crime and disorder in public areas.
- Deal with any serious public safety concerns.
- Lower the theft of and from cars on streets and in car parks, to encourage more use of them.
- Support the effective response to emergency and critical incidents.
- Help to keep public order.
- Manage major and high profile events.
- Allow positive management of traffic.
- Keep Purple Flag status for Halifax Town centre, as a safe and thriving location.
Privacy notice
To see how we handle CCTV information, please read: Public spaces CCTV - privacy notice
Community Protection Team:
- Address: c/o Town Hall, Halifax. HX1 1UJ.
- Email: community-safety@calderdale.gov.uk.
- Phone: (01422) 288001.