Shaming the litterbugs, vandals
Writer: Brenda Ch'ngPublished: Fri, 31 Aug 2012
“This may be an effective way to tell people not to dump rubbish along the road and for offenders not to repeat their actions,” said MPSJ councillor Tai Cheng Heng.
He raised the proposed at MPSJ’s full board meeting on Wednesday and further urged the council’s enforcement department to monitor hotspots and issue summonses to those dumping rubbish illegally.
Tai pointed out that enforcement officers can compile footage of illegal dumping and patrol the rubbish hotspots to catch offenders.
“We will look into uploading the CCTV footage online but those involving crime cases will not be uploaded,” said council president Datuk Asmawi Kasbi.
He pointed out that the CCTVs were initially installed to help the police monitor crime and traffic flow rather than monitor illegal dumping.
The CCTV control room, which operates 24 hours, is manned by about three officers during the day and two at night.
Currently, MPSJ has 100 CCTVs installed around town at crime hotspot areas which were identified by the police based on the number of cases recorded.
MPSJ will also be installing another 74 CCTVs to monitor crime and traffic flow around the area by December.
Asmawi said the council will be using all 174 CCTVs to monitor and record council matters to help them improve services around town, in addition to helping the police monitor crime.
Apart from uploading CCTV footage on YouTube, MPSJ will also be uploading public service announcements on their channel which can be found on their website www.mpsj.gov.my.
Among them are videos on how to dispose of garbage properly, vandalism, dengue prevention and MPSJ events.
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Shaming the litterbugs, vandals
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