Hidden cameras rolled out to snare poachers – Irish Independent, 09/01/12

COVERT mobile cameras are being rolled out along the State’s rivers and lakes in a bid to clamp down on poaching.

The state-of-the-art CCTV equipment is being introduced for the first time following a successful pilot scheme launched in north Dublin last month, the Irish Independent has learned.

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), which is operating the scheme, said the technology will help its officers respond more effectively to incidents of poaching.

“Primarily we want these cameras to be covert and we don’t want people taking too much notice of them, so they can do their job without being broken,” a spokeswoman said.

“It’s really about working smarter, getting the best use of our resources because they are reducing all the time.

“We get lots of reports and we try to investigate all of them, but it’s not always possible to get the right evidence or somebody might mistake what they’re looking at. So this will be to verify what they’re looking at.”

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Irish Independent, 09/01/12