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BBC 'wrong' to claim CCTV car fines up sharply

Patrick McDonnell
30 January 2014
Southend`s CCTV car patrols 20 schools
Southend`s CCTV car patrols 20 schools

 

A BBC report that fines issued by camera cars had risen “dramatically” in Southend-on-Sea were misleading, the borough council has argued. 

The news item said: “CCTV camera cars, called ‘spy cars’ by critics, which catch drivers parking illegally have raised more than £600,000 in two years for the Essex resort’s council.” 

In response to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request from the BBC Look East programme the council said that in...

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