Nimbin is now under high tech surveillance, just as much as Lismore is.

With 56 new digital CCTV cameras already installed and live in Lismore’s CBD - now Nimbin is also being included in the new wave of maximum surveillance to increase public safety.

The new CCTV cameras in Lismore’s CBD were funded by a $433,000 federal government grant to Lismore City Council. 

Council also received a $250,000 NSW Community Safety Fund grant for expansion of the Lismore CBD CCTV network and renewal of the Nimbin CCTV system.

Council’s Compliance Coordinator Matt Kelly said “the end result is a system that can be monitored through one control room.”

The Nimbin CCTV renewal includes upgrading the five existing cameras as well as the addition of two new locations (in the Western Carpark and on Cullen Street opposite the community centre). 

Each location will have one pan-tilt zoom camera and one fixed camera providing 24/7 monitoring.

The Nimbin system is a stand-alone system that can be viewed remotely from the Nimbin Police Station, Lismore Police Station or the Lismore CCTV control room.

“In Lismore we will have excellent coverage throughout the CBD and down one of our main thoroughfares leaving the city centre, while in Nimbin we have significantly increased coverage along the main street,” Mr Kelly said.

“In both cases, the old fixed cameras had blind spots whereas this technology is much more sophisticated and allows for 360-degree coverage as well as very high resolution imagery.

“CCTV renewals were identified as a key safety action in Council’s Crime Prevention Plan so it’s great to see these upgrades come to fruition.”

To read more about the CCTV cameras in Lismore’s CBD, read the Lismore App story Smile Lismore - you’re on maximum surveillance CCTV