Maidstone town centre to have live CCTV monitoring again thanks to One Maidstone trial of 24-hour coverage Live monitoring of town centre CCTV is to be continued after a successful trial. The network of cameras in Maidstone was due to switch to a record-only system following a decision by Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) to downgrade the service. Live CCTV monitoring will continue in Maidstone town centre Initially live monitoring of images ended in March, with the council predicting the cost of operating the CCTV network would drop from £273,000 to £118,000 annually as a result of the c...