Chelmer Valley Chelmsford

Security Upgrade

Chelmer Valley Nature Reserve, Chelmsford, is a 17.6-hectare nature reserve area known for its wildlife, green areas and picturesque views, but recently it has become known for being unsafe, following a string of sexual assaults and violence over the past few years. This has led to government action and funding from the Home Office’s Safer Streets Fund to improve the security around the area and other parts of Chelmsford. In early 2022 Chelmsford City Council called on familiar security installers, Link CCTV Systems, to implement new security systems to decrease crime and improve the safety of the area.

Link CCTV Systems and Chelmsford City Council have a strong relationship and long working history, with the former having executed many security installations and upgrades throughout the past 25 years. These past projects have involved the refurbishment of the Councils Control Room, which hosts a number of 40” wall-mounted monitors which are overseen 24 hours a day. It also includes 200 new cameras installed in 2020, and an upgrade of all existing cameras to High Definition. This Chelmer Valley project was no different from the previous, with the latest technology deployed by the Link CCTV Systems Project team to the highest quality, and ahead of schedule.

This latest project involved the installation of sixteen new cameras situated across the Chelmer Valley Nature Reserve, all wirelessly transmitted back to the Chelmsford City Council control room to provide live monitoring. Fifteen additional cameras were cited across the city into vulnerable locations such as around the university, prison and within the surrounding parks and footpaths. Every solution was wireless and as part of the project, Link CCTV Systems introduced a total of sixteen WEC CCTV columns.

Spencer Clarke, Public Protection Officer for Chelmsford City Council, gave some sparkling feedback regarding the recent security upgrade at Chelmer Valley Nature Reserve. He said “Link CCTV Systems have just completed another quality installation for Chelmsford City Council. The project work that they complete is second to none which really makes my job so much easier.” He then added “Thank you to Link CCTV Systems and the team for a smooth installation and for excellent communication; keeping me updated throughout, as well as being so courteous and considerate and cleaning up. It was a pleasure to have your team onsite.”

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