TfL's bus shelter CCTV trial to be expanded across London
The cameras, which are integrated into the shelters themselves, retain recordings for 31 days to support police investigations.
Claire Mann, chief operating officer for TfL, said four of the 20 bus shelters already analysed showed the trial had had "a very, very positive impact".She said: "We're going to analyse the remaining 16 shelters and it's quite clear that rolling out CCTV at bus shelters is definitely the way forward."We need to obviously ensure we have the funding to do so but it sounds like we're going to be rolling that out further now."
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