Councils 'cash in with CCTV fines'

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File photo dated 12/4/2012 of CCTV cameras on the side of a building in central London. Councils have turned to CCTV cameras to raise hundreds of millions of pounds through parking and traffic fines, civil liberties campaigners have revealed.  PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday April 15, 2014. Using static CCTV and CCTV cars, local authorities have issued �312 million worth of Fixed Penalty Notices for traffic contraventions, figures released to Big Brother Watch under Freedom of Information laws have revealed. See PA story POLITICS CCTV. Photo credit should read: Clive Gee/PA Wire

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Councils have turned to CCTV cameras to raise hundreds of millions of pounds through parking and traffic fines, civil liberties campaigners have revealed.

Using static CCTV and CCTV cars, local authorities have issued £312 million worth of Fixed Penalty Notices for traffic contraventions, figures released to Big Brother Watch under Freedom of Information laws have revealed.

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