Mark, Are these mounted in units similar to AGD MVD's? If so, it's a very good idea but may have been better for us had the BBC not have 'blown the gaff'! Regards Peter Peter Jones Principal Traffic Systems Engineer Phone: +44 (0) 151 934 4254 Fax: +44 (0) 151 934 2850 Sefton MBC - UTC 3rd Floor Magdalen House 30 Trinity Road Bootle L20 3NJ >>> <mark.wedgwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 17/01/2008 14:52 >>> Dear All Just to clarify Peter's point: I didn't see the news report BUT we do have a number of sites where ANPR (police vehicle recognition) cameras mounted on the to of signal heads, could this have been that? PS: for those of you who knew Gerry Garraghan here in Ipswich, I have taken over from him. Regards Mark Wedgwood Team Leader Traffic Control & Street Lighting ?: (01473) 432833 ?: GH3/74E, Planning, Transport & Regeneration, Grafton House, 15-17 Russell Road, Ipswich IP1 2DE. ?: http://www.ipswich.gov.uk "Ipswich becomes a University Town on the 1st August 2007. Ipswich Borough Council supports University Campus Suffolk and Suffolk New College." -----Original Message----- From: tcug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter Jones Sent: 17 January 2008 14:41 To: TCUG Subject: [TCUG] Stand by for MVD vandalism! Anyone who watched BBC news last night (16 Jan 08), may have seen the report on how the suspected serial killer of five girls in the south was caught. His vehicle was spotted on a number of CCTV cameras, including...... one on top of a traffic signal head, suspiciously looking identical to an AGD Microwave Vehicle Detector! This was zoomed into to give a very clear image. Now, in view of the fact that we have suffered a small amount of vandalism in the past by people who suspected that these were cameras, I would now expect many more incidents of vandalism to these units as a direct result of the BBC report; I shall be monitoring DF faults very carefully for a while. 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