Police would have to have permission as it's not public land. Although the wpc claimed it was. It isn't it's Council land rented out to tenants on a secure lease. Therefore we all rent the use of the communal land. This is something that I'm struggling to get the council, police and this crime partner ship that's organised this waste of money to understand. We have to ask permission, whilst they do as they please.
The grey area is if the land owner agrees, which they have and tenants aren't even asked then is what the landlord doing legal. I certainly see it that its not moral. I don't mind the camera being there that much , its more that they haven't asked permission. Although it will see everything that i do outside of the building, when i go out, when i come in, what i buy, unload in and out of the van and garage, when i have visitors. Nothing to hide but common courtesy to advise and ask permission. Tell me who's watching, how to contact them etc.
No one else seems bothered that I've asked. The guy next door isn't happy about it but wouldn't complain because the whingers at the bottom have reported him for noise and he's keeping his head low.
They've fitted the electrics and armoured cable today . nifty lifts, two electricians, armoured cable. no health and safety though, cable all over the paths.
the strange thing is that i've not seen these teens in two months. They simply haven't been here and i can't understand why the camera is being fitted now. It is as it turns out only a temporary one until they move on.
It's got to be false reports from the people downstairs. false reports that next door are playing music, he's rarely here, and false reports of teens smoking weed.
Something's very strange with it all.
My other issue with it is that i fitted a camera myself, put warning signs up, all above board yet was told to take it down because id fitted it without their permission even though i'd asked the neighbours and it broke regulations . This wasn't true and i sent a them a copy of the regulations . They wouldn't admit they were wrong in an attempt to save face. They insisted i take it down or they would. I told them I'd disconnected it and they dropped it. Now the roles are reversed its
Thanks for your replies. I'll mention it in my complaint that I'm not the only one with issues.
RE the weed, its 'no smoking' in the enclosed stairway, but they were standing in the open porch and it was being sucked in through the door, up the stairs and into the flats. And yes it's illegal, as is smoking inside the communal areas.
