New state-of-the-art CCTV cameras have started to be installed in Warsop as part of a major community safety project.

The high-spec cameras can rotate to give a 360-degree street view and are being installed around the town, including on High Street.

They are part of a package of crime-reduction measures being paid for by national Safer Streets funding, after the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire was successful in a bid for £3m for projects across the county.

More than £300,000-worth of community safety measures and improvements are being carried out in Warsop, and other parts of the Mansfield district, delivered in partnership with Mansfield District Council, the police, and other support agencies.

Cameras have been installed at Carr Lane Park, on Coral Crescent, Clumber Street, and Sherwood Street, and at The Carrs Local Nature Reserve.

Automatic number plate recognition cameras have also been added to help police catch law breakers.

The camera at The Carrs, near the children’s play area, uses the latest technology to act as a safe point. It will be monitored 24 hours a day and allows people in distress to press a button on the camera column, which gives them direct access to the council’s CCTV control room to ask for help.

Staff in the control room will be able to advise the person and direct them to their nearest Safe Space or, if necessary, ask the police to attend.

Safe Spaces include shops and businesses that have signed up for CCTV cameras and special staff training in how to support people who come through their doors looking for help.

Other cameras and safe points are being installed on Carr Lane, near the Warsop Army Cadet base, and on Sherwood Street, near the junction with Short Street. A help point without a camera is being installed near the junction of Sherwood Street and High Street.

Some existing CCTV cameras in the area are being upgraded. These include those near the library and near The Talbot pub on High Street, as well as on Sherwood Street (near Clumber Street), Burns Lane (near Sherwood Street), Church Street (near Sherwood Street traffic lights), and Church Street (near Hetts Lane).

Mayor of Mansfield Andy Abrahams, who joined council officers for a community clean-up as part of the Safer Streets scheme in the area, said: “We want people in Warsop to feel safer and be able to get out and about with confidence.”

Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner Caroline Henry said: “Many women and girls say they often plan their walking routes along places where they know there are CCTV cameras because it makes them feel safer.”

Nick Hollins, key account manager at TIS, the Mansfield-based company, providing the CCTV, said: “The high definition IP cameras have pan, tilt, and zoom capability, plus four fixed-lens cameras, to form a compact multi-sensor CCTV package.”

The project in Warsop included funding for improved street lighting and giving 190 women free access to the Hollie Guard personal safety mobile phone app.

A shake or tap can active the app when people are in danger, immediately notifying their chosen contacts, pinpointing their location, and sending audio and video evidence directly to the contact’s mobile phones.

The scheme is also funding support for families, and youth work to help prevent anti-social behaviour by encouraging young people to make alternative life choices and by offering them diversionary activities.