BIG Brother is not expected to hit Redland City streets any time soon.
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Redland City Council said it would not follow Ipswich, Logan and Brisbane councils and install more closed-circuit television cameras.
Redland interim chief executive officer Susan Rankin said the council had five fixed CCTV cameras at both its tips and had no immediate plans to buy, install or maintain any more.
Mrs Rankin was responding to questions on CCTV after Brisbane City Council said this week it would audit CCTV blackspots and offer grants for businesses installing the cameras.
The cameras sparked national interest when they were used during the investigation into the disappearance and murder of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher this month.
Mrs Rankin said Redland City was considered a "relatively safe and low-crime area" and CCTV cameras were expensive to install, monitor and operate.
"In the past, council has, in consultation with the police, considered the installation of CCTV in some areas of the city such as Wellington Point," she said.
"But based on advice received, council determined additional CCTV cameras would be unwarranted and not cost effective.
"Council has approved delegated authority for the use of surveillance cameras for the gathering of evidence for the prosecution of illegal activities such as tree clearing."
In July, thieves made off with $200,000 of council's heavy earthmoving equipment stored at the Birkdale tip.
The act was caught on CCTV cameras but, to date, the offenders have not been caught.
Redland City Chamber of Commerce president Garry Hargrave said he supported any efforts to make residents and the city's businesses safer.
"The chamber would like to see the council and the state chip in to survey the area, determine where the crime hot spots are and then develop a strategy which includes cameras," Mr Hargrave said.
"Cameras capture the crime after it has happened but we want to deter criminals."
Mr Hargrave said he believed crime hot spots were at Cleveland train station, parts of the Cleveland and Capalaba CBD and near pubs.
Division 1 councillor Wendy Boglary said Wellington Point was also a target for criminals, including hoons.
"I've been pushing for CCTV cameras at the point for more than two years and the council has refused to install them.
"Ipswich uses cameras effectively.
"If Redland installed similar cameras at Wellington Point officers could monitor the car parking situation, residents could log on to check weather conditions and hoons would be deterred," she said.
Redland council's plan not to install any more fixed CCTV cameras is at odds with CCTV camera policies at Ipswich and Logan.
Ipswich council was the first council in Queensland to install CCTV cameras in 2004.
Since then, it has installed about 200 cameras that monitor six suburban districts across 15sq km with hub sites to collect the video and send it back to a control room via microwave and fibre connections.
