As with most local authorities, we suffer our fair share of vandalism to the Council's buildings. This costs a significant amount of money each year. The decision was taken to try and combat this behaviour by purchasing a mobile fast deployment CCTV camera. It has been so successful that a second camera has recently been purchased. They can be fitted to most lighting columns managed by the Council and can be moved to different locations quickly. The cameras are vandal resistant, are equipped with recording storage and can transmit the CCTV pictures using 3G technology to the Council's CCTV control room. The operators in the control room can take control of the camera and zoom in to view an incident. These cameras are the same type used by Avon and Somerset Police in our area and the Council share this resource with the Police to target problem areas.