The security firms helping 'farmers fighting back' against rural crime

The new camera system by EPG Fire and Security systems was launched at Halls Livestock Auction Centre on Shrewsbury on Tuesday.

Gary Burns from Cheshire based EPG said the new CCTV system aimed stop people stealing farm equipment that they have called 'farms fighting back'.

He said: “It is a CCTV system that will activate immediately if anybody goes on site but it only detects the body movements of a human being so it stops false alarms with cattle, sheep, or dogs, only people.

“It also sends the farmer a live full colour CCTV image even at night."

he said rural crime had become a 'massive problem' in the region.

“I am a Shropshire lad and born in Hadnall close to Shrewsbury and we are passionate about this. In Shropshire going into mid-Wales there is a massive problem. There is equipment going missing every night," he said. “It has taken us about 18 months to come up with this system. There has been a lot of effort gone into the design and to come up with the right camera. It gives you real time colour images at night, which is a major change in the CCTV industry - the images are so much clearer.