Safety Camera Network closed circuit television footage
Learn how Council's Safety Camera Network is keeping the community safe. Find out how to request CCTV footage.
Brisbane has the best lifestyle in Australia and we’re determined to keep it that way. While crime is a state issue, we’re doing what we can to make our suburbs safer and ensure youth crime is taken seriously.
Our Safety Camera Network is standing up for Brisbane on crime.
Council operates over 4,300 permanent, temporary, and mobile cameras for safety and security. The use of CCTV supports Council by:
- creating a safe and secure environment
- detering anti-social, harmful, or illegal behaviour activity and helping identifying offenders
- improving safety in public spaces and around Council-owned facilities
- monitoring safety issues at Council sites and events
- helping enforce Council’s local laws and Queensland Government legislation.
These commitments will help keep our community safe and protect Brisbane’s incredible lifestyle.
Suburban Safety Camera Network
Our Council will always stand up for Brisbane on crime. Council is deploying Suburban Safety Cameras in each Ward to keep our community safe. These new mobile units are part of the Lord Mayor's Safer Suburbs initiative.
The new cameras will provide 24/7 surveillance to increase safety and deter anti-social behaviour. Locations were chosen in consultation with the Queensland Police Service and our community safety partners.
| Location | Ward |
|---|---|
| McPherson Park, Bracken Ridge | Bracken Ridge Ward |
| New Farm Park, New Farm | Central Ward |
| Scrub Road and Cribb Road, Carindale | Chandler Ward |
| Bath Street Park, Coorparoo | Coorparoo Ward |
| Murarrie Recreation Reserve (Brisbane International Cycle Park), Murarrie | Doboy Ward |
| Heiner Park, Keperra | Enoggera Ward |
| Blunder Road, Doolandella | Forest Lake Ward |
| Kalinga Park, Kalinga | Hamilton Ward |
| Mt Gravatt Central Business District, Mt Gravatt | Holland Park Ward |
| Rocks Riverside Park, Seventeen Mile Rocks | Jamboree Ward |
| D.M. Henderson Park, MacGregor | MacGregor Ward |
| Bradbury Park, Kedron | Marchant Ward |
| Hoffman Street Park, McDowall | McDowall Ward |
| Mortimer Park, Acacia Ridge | Moorooka Ward |
| Mercer Park, Kedron | Northgate Ward |
| Cicada Park, Chapel Hill | Pullenvale Ward |
| Altandi Tunnel, Sunnybank | Runcorn Ward |
| Fairfield Road, Fairfield | Tennyson Ward |
| Wittonga Park, The Gap | The Gap Ward |
| Witton Barracks Playground Park, Indooroopilly | Walter Taylor Ward |
| Wynnum Memorial Park, Wynnum | Wynnum Ward |
Additonal locations will be added for the following Wards: Calamvale, Deagon, Morningside, Paddington and Woolloongabba.
Access to CCTV footage
Camera footage may be monitored live by authorised persons, with all footage encrypted and stored for a minimum of 31 days.
Where incidents occur, footage may be archived by an authorised employee and stored for a minimum of 36 months.
Only authorised employees can access stored footage with a log of access kept.
How to request CCTV footage
Footage may be requested by third parties in accordance with Information Privacy Principle 11—Limits on Disclosure which allows for disclosure of personal information such as:
- for law enforcement purposes;
- where individuals have agreed to the disclosure of their information;
- where it is necessary to lessen or prevent a serious threat to the life, health, safety or welfare of an individual or to public health, safety or welfare; or
- when otherwise authorised or required by law, including under the Right to Information Act 2009.
Requests for viewing or obtaining recorded footage are by application only and must be relevant to the purposes of camera use outlined above, or otherwise where required by law.
Council does not provide footage directly to members of the public. If you require footage from the safety camera network, it must be requested via a Right to Information request.
Law enforcement or government agencies can use our online form to request footage.
