It has been proposed by Glasgow's City Council that CCTV cameras could be unmanned for 12 hours a day under a considerable new cost-cutting plan by the council.
Unions have claimed the move means the system may not be monitored between 4am and 4pm and this move has been described as potentially dangerous for children.
Details of the proposed plans were first unveiled in last month's budget document with estimations of it saving more than £1.5 million. Glasgow City Council currently has 429 fixed public space CCTV cameras across the city as well as 98 traffic cameras and eight re-deployable cameras.
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At Glasgow Live we decided to head to the city centre and discuss these proposed measures with members of the public at George Square and Queen Street Station.
Student in the city, Connall Anderson, 20, said "I think it's a pretty bad idea because thats the time most crime and other bad things are likely to happen because this is when people are leaving clubs.
"I think this is when CCTV is most important in those areas where there are nightclubs."
28-year-old, PHD student, Aoife Campbell has concerns about the proposals due to being a young female in the city, she said: "As a woman I would worry about my health and safety, especially after what happened with Sarah Everard because CCTV actually helped catch who did that and there is a lot of violence against women."
Student at the University of Glasgow, 22, Cameron, said: "I guess at 4am your night out will be over at that point, most people are in and it shouldn't be much of a problem during the day light."
"No one is really walking about heading to work during those times especially in the morning or at night."
Georgia, 19, student in Interior Design, said: "I think that would pose such a worry for people like myself at such a young age, coming back from nights out, not even at nights these days, anytime travelling, walking in the city centre, it would be really worrying."
55-year-old, Stewart Watson, lived in Glasgow all of his life, said: "I'm not really that bothered to be honest."
Stewart was posed with the scenario about people working late at night and in the early morning, he replied: "I wouldn't think so, no and I am not a big fan of CCTV."
Student, Katrin Mcnaught, 23, said she walks home from nights out especially through the city centre and said: "There is no evidence at all that CCTV stops crime but I am worried because it can deter it."
53-year-old, Nuala Ashe, has lived in Glasgow all of her life and said: "I think it would be a bad idea especially in the city centre."
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