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Grieving mum's CCTV push after son killed on Beaumont Street
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00:04The preventative side that I'm interested in.
00:07The CCTV was being monitored at that stage.
00:11They would have actually seen that first incident
00:12and hopefully someone could have been there.
00:15Can't guarantee it, but at least it's a possibility
00:18that he could have been...
00:21not there.
00:23Yeah, he could have survived.
00:25Well, they could have got there, could we?
00:27That's why I'm fighting for CCTV
00:29and, in particular, to monitor.
00:32But one step at a time.
00:33Just get polls in first.
00:44It's been important because the escalation of crime
00:47has continued over the last three years,
00:49especially in the summer weather.
00:51There were so many talk fests
00:52and we just felt, let's form a committee.
00:55There's 13 on the committee, which is residents
00:57and also businesses and police.
01:00Just feel that we want Beaumont Street to come back,
01:03like Derby Street.
01:04You know, there's not the problems in Derby Street.
01:06It's a lot to do with mental health,
01:08escalation of drug and alcohol and loitering.
01:12We can't have people scared.
01:13And sometimes I feel just so passionate that I don't cry.
01:19And then, I mean...
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