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Sept 2021
Ripon to get two CCTV cameras after 'mini crime wave'
North Yorkshire’s police, fire and crime commissioner has pledged to pay for two CCTV cameras in Ripon following a “mini crime wave”.
The two cameras are set to cost £10,000 each, but Philip Allott, the county’s police, fire and crime commissioner, has said his office will foot the bill.
It follows a spate of anti-social behaviour in the city, including an alleged knifepoint robbery of a teenage boy Bondgate last month. A 17-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man were later charged and remanded in custody.
Mr Allott told a meeting of North Yorkshire County Council's Skipton and Ripon Area Constituency Committee today that his office was willing to pay for the extra cameras, but warned that other measures would have to be taken to bring down crime.
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He told councillors that police already had resources to investigate and apprehend offenders and that other measures to take kids off the streets were needed.
Mr Allott said:
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