Cctv, why was it introduced in the first place? the idea initially was used as observation of traffic in busy motorways etc, this then got extended to other areas, culminating in mass observation by councils, the promise was that the police would nto be able to use the ccctv, control rooms, as this may be flt to be unbalanced in the evnt of evidence in a crime/s, so 30 years down the line, the cctv is taken over by the police -possibly, another step on the ladder to totalitarian state. also, it proves the cost effectiveness is marginal to have cctv cameras, in city centres, and their worth, hence its one of the first services to be given the chop.

In early July, Joe Hendry attended a Q & A with Lord Green (Minister for Trade) and one of Lord Green's better suggestions on how to boost exports by local businesses was to make better use of town-twinning arrangements. Looks like that sensible suggestion went in one ear and out the other with the proposed cuts.

Ditch the CCTV, in fact ditch them all over the country. We really do not want to live in George Orwell's 1984 (Look it up).

Give me liberty or I die!

I cannot believe that councillors and other council officers do not pay for a civic dinner. I asssume that this payment is retrieved from our council tax?? I've no doubt that they will also get expenses for petrol or bus fares in order for them to attend!! In this day and age this is ridiculous! I don't expect a free meal from anyone so why should they?

HOWABOUT don't have a civic dinner!!!!!!
Have your tea at home just like everyone else

The calculations are simple, and you cant blame them. The city council doesnt have any elections next year so get all the unpopular stuff out of the way, by 2014 when the world hasnt ended, speed cameras will be in the long distant past.

Switched off ????? They've been switched off for years. Another motorist bumped my car outside civic center, carlisle over 7 years ago. I reported this to the police, and upon completing their inveetigations, I was told that the relevant cctv cameras that covered the area weren't switched on.. What a joke implying that they've been on all this time.

Do not ditch CCTV... I know from first hand what an invaluable job the two blokes that operative CCTV in Carlisle do!!! They often spot crimes first and then are able to track suspects

Mike, public spending has never been higher during peace time than it is now. The amount of money cut to Carlisle Council from the government is dwarfed by the amount of money it ha to pay each year in debt repayments to fund its own follies from the mid nineties.

The councillors aren't trying to turn the city into a criminal haven, the government voted in by the electorate are systematically wrecking the country by cutting everything from police, nhs to local councils but leaving their 1/40th pensions and high wages/expenses alone!

The people voted the MPs in, now we have to suffer the repercussions! We are just getting what we deserve.