Lions club install cameras to curb vandalism in park

Security cameras have been installed in the Palmerston Lions Heritage Park in an effort to curb vandalism here.

Councillor Ron Elliott advised Minto council the Lions Club installed the cameras following a recent incident at the in the park, which also contains the Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum.

Elliott said vandals broke into one of the rail cars kept on the property by smashing a window and set a couple of fires on the floor of the car. A blowtorch was also used in an attempt to light a fire in another area of the car said Elliot, who noted club members “assumed they were trying to burn it down.”

Tables and benches were also tipped over in a storage shed on the property.

In addition to installing cameras, Elliott said the club is planning to improve lighting in some areas of the park.

Elliot said Wellington OPP were called “and did quite an investigation.”

“We’re pretty disappointed,” said Elliott, who is also a member of the Lions Club. “But we’ll push ahead and fix it and hopefully these people will be caught.”