There are 56 new digital CCTV cameras with high resolution imagery in Lismore’s CBD – and they are recording 24 hours a day.

“They are looking for the naughty people,” Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan joked as he announced the new cameras were switched on and working.

The new cameras are replacing the old analogue CCTV cameras in the CBD and will provide maximum surveillance throughout the CBD.

Locations for the new camera are at the intersections of Woodlark and Dawson, Brewster and Uralba, and Brewster and Leycester streets.

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

Mr Hogan said the new cameras will improve safety and lower crime.

It’s live now and being monitored and streamed from Lismore Police Station.

Locations of the new cameras in Lismore's CBD.

Mr Hogan said funding for the new cameras came from a Federal government grant of $433,000 to Lismore City Council.

“Council came to me three years ago to get the funding to replace the old system and to cover the blind spots in previous CBD camera coverage," Mr Hogan said.

“Statistics show that when CCTV is introduced, crime in that area decreases.

“There have been no problems in the CBD since the cameras have been installed.

"It helps with alcohol and violence related crimes and protects businesses in the CBD from break-ins."

Lismore City Council development and compliance acting manager Chris Watts said expanding the limited old camera network was a key safety action in Council’s crime prevention plan for crime.

“Footage is recorded 24 hours a day with remote access capability and security looks at it at night,” Mr Watts said.

“It’s good that our regional city now has effective and modern safety measures in place.”

Lismore City Council’s Chris Watts, General Manager Shelley Oldham, Mayor Isaac Smith and MP Kevin Hogan launching the new CCTV cameras in the Browns Creek/Clyde Campbell Carpark, behind the Richmond Hotel in Lismore’s CBD.

Lismore Mayor Isaac Smith said replacing the 20 year old technology was important.

“I know people who come to the CBD feel safer knowing it is monitored,” Mayor Smith said.

“The extended coverage goes to the hospital to the riverbank and includes car parks.

“If you’ve been out in the CDB at night and you know you can’t get a park in front of a restaurant, now you know you can park safely in the monitored car parks.”

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