Lytton Road residents take charge of their security

LYTTON Road residents are taking initiative to combat the crime in their street by raising funds to install CCTV cameras on certain houses.
The residents have been holding meetings to raise R33 000 for 14 CCTV cameras. With 50 homes in the street, this could theoretically be raised if each household contributes R660. 
David Raphael, a Lytton Road resident and former Observatory Neighbourhood Watch chair, said that the impetus for the project was a recent incident in which 20 tyres were punctured in the street. 
So far, R9 000 has been raised for the cameras from residents and from the Green Elephant Backpackers on the corner of Lytton and Milton Road.
David said that a camera will be placed on the front of certain houses. 
Green Elephant owner Howard Richman has offered the security system of his business as the monitoring station for the cameras. But David said that soon they may find a dedicated monitoring station for the project.  
The minutes of the meetings held so far have gone up on the project’s own website, www.lyttonroad.co.za. 
The cameras they are aiming for will have night vision and motion sensors, said David.