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CCTV MAN WINS TOP AWARD

CCTV camera supervisor Patrick Coleman has received a special award for excellent work including raising the alarm when he spotted a youth setting fire to a man sleeping in a shelter o­n Dover seafront last year.

Patrick, who has been with the Dover CCTV operation for 10 years, was very highly commended by the CCTV Users Group, and received an engraved crystal plaque and a personal cheque for £100.

Patrick was the operator o­n duty when he spotted a group of youths and saw someone set fire to the sleeping bag of a man sleeping o­n Dover seafront in October last year. He alerted the Police and guided the attending Officers to the location of the group of youths, who he had followed via the CCTV cameras into the Town Centre.

Cllr Mrs Julie Rook, Cabinet Member for Citizenship said: 'This is very well deserved credit for the excellent work that Patrick and the whole CCTV team carry out. A lot of this work goes unsung, but when something like this happens it really reinforces the value of CCTV cameras in public places to help tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.'