Mornington Peninsula Shire Council has reaffirmed its commitment to a safer community, allocating a one-off investment of $500,000 to upgrade the Shire's CCTV camera system.
A key new feature of the upgrade will be access to footage from cloud-based platforms, enabling police to view footage from multiple devices while on patrol.
The Shire currently maintains 60 CCTV cameras across six localities, each feeding footage directly to the nearest Victoria Police station:
- Hastings - 12 cameras
- Mornington 25 cameras
- Mount Eliza 5 cameras
- Mount Martha 4 cameras
- Rosebud 1 camera
- Rye 13 cameras
At last week's Council Meeting, Councillors voted to invest the $500,000 allocated in the 2025-26 Budget for 'community safety and crime prevention' in repairing and upgrading the Shire's CCTV system.
Council will now engage a security contractor to complete the upgrade, which is expected to be completed within the next three months.
Quotes attributable to Mayor Councillor Anthony Marsh:
"This investment will ensure the Shire's CCTV network is fully operational and able to support Victoria Police in their work.
"While community safety and crime prevention remain the responsibility of the State Government and Victoria Police, Council can play a practical role by maintaining infrastructure that assists police in protecting our community.
"I know Victoria Police is very supportive of this project, and this upgrade will make a real difference in helping them respond to incidents and hold offenders to account."
